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Hug, hug, hug, and never let him go.
Welcome home, Eric.
Welcome home, big guy.
There can't possibly be happier parents, grandparents, siblings ....
Home for how long? The 82nd is deploying to Haiti.
As AL is likely to be busy, I'll answer that. The 82nd could mean the Division HQ, or any of the brigades (who can deploy separately from their division HQ -- that's the idea of a BCT, "Brigade Combat Team"). Army deployments require a certain 'dwell time' between them, so it'll be a while before his unit heads out again.
Glad to see him bck home and safe, and yeah Grim is right - just because part of the 82nd is deploying doesn't mean the whole Division is.
At any given time at Fort Hood over the last several years, a BCT of 1st Cav has always been about to deploy.