Photos: MPs Come Home For The Holidays

By Austin Robertson

CREATED Dec. 10, 2012

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  • Image by Jeff Maddy

  • Military plane touching down in Springfield, bringing 40 troops home from Afghanistan

  • 40 MPs from Fort Leonard Wood touch Ozarks soil for the first time in a year

  • Fort Leonard Wood soldiers transitioning from an airplane in Springfield to a bus bound for home

  • Fort Leonard Wood soldiers transitioning from an airplane in Springfield to a bus bound for home

  • The Patriot Guard gets ready to escort 40 soldiers from Springfield to Fort Leonard Wood

40 MPs based out of Fort Leonard Wood returned Monday from Afghanistan after being deployed for a year. They landed in Springfield and took a bus to the army base, where friends and family welcomed them home - just in time for Christmas.