Veterans Day, which began as Armistice Day and honored the official end of World War I, is now a day to celebrate and remember all veterans.
Throughout the year, thousands of troops come home from long deployments to be greeted by family and friends at official homecoming celebrations.
These photos show that it really is good to be home:
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Luke Sharrett via Getty ImagesHusband and wife William and Rebecca Prestridge and boyfriend and girlfriend Craig Cooper and Ashley Zeigler embrace following a homecoming ceremony for members of the U.S. Army's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division at Campbell Army Airfield on Sept. 1, 2014, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Ted S. Warren/Associated PressU.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugs his sons Peyton, 3, left, and Austin, 2, right, as other soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team move to greet their family and friends in the early hours of Aug. 25, 2010, at a homecoming at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
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Luke Sharrett via Getty ImagesThree-year-old Bella Hanley high fives Sgt. Frank Passmore while sitting atop her dad Spc. Jeffrey Hanley of the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, following a homecoming ceremony in the Natcher Physical Fitness Center on Feb. 27, 2014, in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
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Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Johans Chavarro/U.S. NavyElectronics Technician 2nd Class James Whatley embraces his daughter during a homecoming ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Deployed since March, the crew of more than 300 Sailors steamed a total of 48,550 nautical miles across the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operation.
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