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Members of the 54th Quartermaster Company enter Memorial Chapel’s Family Life Center after deboarding buses that traveled from Chambers Field at Naval Station Norfolk March 17. Sixty-six members of the unit returned to Fort Lee following a six-month tour of duty at various locations in Southwest Asia. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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Spc. Sunho Youn salutes to the playing of the National Anthem during the 54th Quartermaster Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at the Memorial Chapel. Youn and more than 60 others had just returned to Fort Lee following a six-month tour in Southwest Asia. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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Lt. Col. Tometrius Greer, commander, 10th Transportation Battalion, addresses a crowd of about 75 Soldiers, family members and others gathered for the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at Memorial Chapel. The 10th Trans. Bn., an element of the 7th Trans. Brigade (Expeditionary) headquartered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, is the 54th QM Company’s parent unit. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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Rudy Galindo holds granddaughter Mia Galindo as they await the entrance of son and father Sgt. Rudolpho Galindo during the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at Memorial Chapel. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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Capt. Ashley Hayes, commander, 54th Quartermaster Company, stands at the position of attention with her troops during the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at Memorial Chapel. Hayes and more than 60 troops had just returned to Fort Lee from a six-month tour at various locations in Southwest Asia. (T. Anthony Bell)
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Sgt. Rodolfo Galindo and daughter Nina gaze at a tearful Sgt. Rachel Nissen, Galindo’s spouse and Nina’s mother, as Nina’s sister Mia seems oblivious to her family's reunion at the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at Memorial Chapel. Galindo had just returned from a six-month tour of duty in Southwest Asia. Galindo and Nissen are both assigned to the 54th QM Co. (T. Anthony Bell)
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Gabrielle Taft and returning troops bow their heads in prayer during the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony March 17 at Memorial Chapel. More than 60 troops made their way back to Fort Lee from a six-month tour in Southwest Asia. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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Spc. Kiyonn Bahar (middle) hugs loved ones after returning to Fort Lee from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia during the 54th Quartermaster Company Redeployment Ceremony. Bahar’s family drove from Philadelphia to greet the Soldier upon returning to Fort Lee. (photo by T. Anthony Bell)
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FORT LEE, Va. -- More than 60 members of the 54th Quartermaster Company returned to Fort Lee after completing a six-month deployment to various locations in Southwest Asia. Upon returning to the installation, troops were met by family members, members of leadership and fellow Soldiers at Memorial Chapel. The 54th, an element of the 10th Transportation Battalion headquartered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, is a mortuary affairs unit that is one of only two in the active Army. It last completed an overseas deployment in 2016.
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