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Michael Abrams ©Stars and StripesMannheim, Germany, December, 2008: Sgt. George Ellis gets a family hug from wife Kathleen and sons Harley, Brandon, Tobias, Christopher as he and 196 other soldiers of the Mannheim, Germany-based 18th Military Police Brigade return home from a 15-month deployment to Iraq.

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