Star Photo/Amber Wadovick Family members gathered at the Elizabethton National Guard Armory Thursday evening as their family members returned from a year of service.

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Star Photo/Amber Wadovick Service members and their families met in the parking lot to reunite and catch each other up on life. The Tennessee’s 776th Support Maintenance Company has been deployed for about 11 months prior to this.

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Star Photo/Amber Wadovick While on deployment, the 776th was based out of Kuwait. The unit participated in a welcome home ceremony outside Nashville earlier that morning prior to the official reunion.

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Star Photo/Amber Wadovick The armory treated the reunion like a miniature party, complete with baloons on the sign and police officers to let other drivers know who was coming.

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