OEF ReDeployment Photos

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Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, assistant Division commander (support) and Brig. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, assistant Division commander (operations) march in front of more than 30 headquarters staff returning home from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan. The Soldiers were welcomed in a ceremony on Wheeler Army Air Field.
 

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Franklin G. Ashe, prepare to uncase the Division Colors for the first time since the Vietnam War after returning home from a one year deployment to Afghanistan.
 

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Franklin G. Ashe, uncase the Division Colors for the first time since the Vietnam War after returning home from a one year deployment to Afghanistan.
 

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Franklin G. Ashe, stand at attention with the Division Colors uncased.
 

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, assistant Division commander (support) and Brig. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, assistant Division commander (operations) and Command Sgt. Maj. Franklin G. Ashe stand in formation with more than 30 headquarters staff returning home from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan. The Soldiers were welcomed in a ceremony on Wheeler Army Air Field.
 

Soldiers of the Tropic Lightning Band play military-style music during the welcoming ceremony on Wheeler Army Air Field March 15.
 

Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander smiles, as he and more than 30 headquarters staff return home from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan.
 

Soldiers of the Tropic Lightning Band play military-style music at the end of a welcome-home ceremony on Wheeler Army Air Field March 15.
 

Lt. Col. James Boisselle reunites with his family at the Welcome Home Ceremony at Wheeler Army Air Field March 15. Boisselle returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan together with Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson, 25th Inf. Div. (L) commander and the 25th Inf. Div. (L) headquarters.
 

Gen. Fred C. Weyand welcomes Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson at the Welcome Home Ceremony, Wheeler Army Air Field, March 15. Weyand led the 25th Inf. Div. to Vietnam in 1965, which was the last time the 25th Inf. Div. colors left the island of Oahu, until 2003 when the Tropic Lightning colors were again taken to a battlefield.
 

Command Sgt. Maj. Franklin G. Ashe and Gen. Fred C. Weyand share a moment at the Welcome Home Ceremony at Wheeler Army Air Field March 15. Weyand led the 25th Inf. Div. (L) to the Vietnam in 1965, while Ashe deployed to Afghanistan with the 25th Inf. Div. (L) at the beginning of 2004.