No matter how many or how few, there are always happy faces waiting. The "Freedom flight" can be early or late and there will be cheers and open arms waiting. Saturday night just after 10:00 p.m. approximately 35 Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division's "Warhorse" Brigade returned home to Fort Carson to the cheers and tears of families and friends who have waited for their return over the past year.

The 2nd Brigade Combat Team is a mechanized infantry brigade with over 3,800 Soldiers in all and were assigned to a meriad of missions during their deployment to Iraq. The 35 Soldiers who returned Saturday night are just one part of over 600 Soldiers returning over this weekend. 265 Soldiers returned Friday and another 300 soldiers return Sunday afternoon.