Troops return from deployment in Aghanistan to Trenton-Mercer Airport: Times of Trenton photos

mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:26:43 GMT

]]>1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, gets a hug after coming off a plane at Trenton-Mercer Airport on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after a deployment to Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:23:19 GMT

]]>At Trenton 'Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, mlitary VIP's walk out toward chartered jet carrying members of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returning following their deployment in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:23:20 GMT

]]>From left, Brigadier General James J. Grant, who serves as the Director, Joint Staff to The Adjutant General of New Jersey, greets Lt. Col. Paul Rumberger, Battalion Commander of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion as members of the unit deplane at Trenton Mercer Airport on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan. Carrying the unit's flag at right is Command Sgt. Maj. Hermenegildo Devarie.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:23:20 GMT

]]>From left, Brigadier General James J. Grant, who serves as the Director, Joint Staff to The Adjutant General of New Jersey, greets Command Sgt. Maj. Hermenegildo Devarie, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion as members of the unit deplane at Trenton Mercer Airport on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:24:34 GMT

]]>Inside a hangar at the New Jersey National Guard Armory on Scotch Rd in Ewing, New Jersey, friends and family greet Citizen-Soldiers from 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returning from an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:25:03 GMT

]]>Inside a hangar at the New Jersey National Guard Armory on Scotch Rd in Ewing, New Jersey, friends and family applaud Citizen-Soldiers from 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returning from an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:26:21 GMT

mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:28:14 GMT

]]>Brigadier General James J. Grant, 2nd from left, who serves as the Director, Joint Staff to The Adjutant General of New Jersey, congratulates 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, after he received his Distinguished Service Medal at a welcome-home ceremony at Trenton Mercer Airport on Sunday, January 20, 2013, after a deployment to Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:28:15 GMT

]]>A Distinguished Service medal awarded to Citizen-Soldiers from 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion returning from an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan. The 117th CSSB served as the Battalion Headquarters for Active, Reserve and National Guard formations, transporting sustainment packages to more than 45 Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:29:50 GMT

]]>1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, center, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, reunites with his wife, Lucy and meets their 5 1/2 month-old son, son Adom, for the first time, following a welcome-home ceremony at the New Jersey National Guard Armory, in Ewing New Jersey. Toussaint's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:30:13 GMT

]]>Lucy Toussaint, left, of Hamilton, New Jersey, wipes away tears, while her husband, 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, right, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, meets their 5 1/2 month-old son Adom, for the first time, following a welcome-home ceremony at the New Jersey National Guard Armory, in Ewing New Jersey. Toussaint's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:31:36 GMT

]]>From left, Lucy Toussaint, of Hamilton, New Jersey, kisses her husband, 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, holding their 5 1/2 month-old son Adom, who the returning National Guardsman met for the first time, following a welcome-home ceremony at the New Jersey National Guard Armory, in Ewing New Jersey. Toussaint's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:33:52 GMT

]]>Lucy Toussaint, left, of Hamilton, New Jersey and her husband, 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, with their 5 1/2 month-old son Adom, who the returning National Guardsman met for the first time, following a welcome-home ceremony at the New Jersey National Guard Armory, in Ewing New Jersey. Toussaint's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:35:43 GMT

]]>New Jersey National Guardsman 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, left, of Hamilton, New Jersey, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, greets family member Maryanne Hood, of Rancocas, holding a banner welcoming him home from a deployment in Afghanistan. Toussaint's wife Lucy, in back at left, holds their 5 1/2 month-old son, son, Adom, who the returning guardsman had just met for the first time.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:37:34 GMT

]]>Following a welcome-home ceremony at the New Jersey National Guard Armory in Ewing, New Jersey, 1st. Lt Belinski Toussaint, center, of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, leaves with his wife, Lucy, left, (holding their 5 1/2 month-old son, son Adom) and his mother-in-law Roseanne McKeever.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:02:06 GMT

]]>New Jersey National Guardswoman Jauna Garrett, of Pemberton, plants a kiss on the cheek of her nephew Arturo Teapila, 1, following a welcome-home ceremony held at the New Jersey National Guard Armory in Ewing, New Jersey. Garrett's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:37:35 GMT

]]>New Jersey National Guardswoman Jauna Garrett, of Pemberton,gets a hug following a welcome-home ceremony held at the New Jersey National Guard Armory in Ewing, New Jersey. Garrett's unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was deployed in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:39:25 GMT

]]>A chartered jet carrying members of the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion arrives at Trenton 'Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, following their deployment in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:39:01 GMT

]]>At left, Capt Chris D'Alessandro, of Rancocas, New Jersey, has a moment with Patti McKernan before leaving the parking lot of the New Jersey National Guard Armory following a welcome-home ceremony for his unit, the 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, returning from a deployment in Afghanistan.
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mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:38:20 GMT

mdowling@njtimes.com (Times of Trenton photos) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:39:07 GMT

]]>A returning Citizen-Soldiers from 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, picks up his bags at the New Jersey National Guard Armory in Ewng, after returning ffrom an approximately year-long deployment to Afghanistan. The 117th CSSB served as the Battalion Headquarters for Active, Reserve and National Guard formations, transporting sustainment packages to more than 45 Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts.
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