Hunter AAF-based guardsmen return in time for the holidays | savannahnow.com

Moments after stepping off a large charter bus in the parking lot of the Georgia Army National Guard’s Hunter Army Airfield hangar Thursday, Sgt. 1st Class James Tucker wrapped his wife in a huge embrace.

Ten months after leaving the Savannah Army post, the National Guardsman was home, just in time for Christmas.

“I’m ecstatic,” Tucker said, holding hands with Tanya, his wife. “There’s really no other words.”

Tucker, of Richmond Hill, was one of about 40 soldiers with B Company, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion to return after the deployment that included nearly three months of training at Fort Hood, Texas, and seven months in Afghanistan conducting combat operation support and retrograde missions during the final months of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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