Soldiers surprising their loved ones

h/t Smitty at "The Other McCain." Works better than Visine for dry eye syndrome...

LTB adds: I watched it. In public. I cried - badly. I earned the right.

It is my prayer that every mother of ever serviceman or woman would experience this joy today.

Far too many will not.

To those who will have to wait a while longer for that special moment, we send our love, prayers and best wishes to each. Those of us who have served know it is not just the troops themselves who sacrifice...