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FORT CARSON, COLO. -- After a year of waiting and worrying it only took a couple minutes and it was all over.

As the 150 soldiers from the 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade marched into the auditorium they were met with a loud audience of cheering and applauding loved ones. After the Pledge of Allegiance was said, a few words spoken to commend the soldiers' mission and remember those injured and killed, and the singing of the Army Song, the soldiers were released to their families.

"It's a miracle my dad came home alive," was the first thing Matthew Massey told FOX21 News. Over the year-long deployment, Massey said he worried a lot about his father's safety. An understandable concern, especially since the unit did suffer one casualty, Sgt. David Davis.

Though Davis made the ultimate sacrifice, all of these soldiers and their families have made their own share of sacrifices.

Speaking about his young children, company commander Everett Lacroix said, "I missed a year of their lives -- that's obviously hard to do."

Though this wasn't the first tour for many of these soldiers or their families, for some, it was the first tour to Afghanistan.

"There are some differences, a lot of similarities, but it's just really good to be home. that doesn't change," explained Lacroix.

Along with loved ones, the ceremony marked the reunion of comrades. It was the first time Spc. Tim Wysong has been reunited with his unit since being seriously injured last June.

The unit was the first petroleum transportation unit to deploy to Afghanistan. In the year-long deployment the unit covered more than 100,000 miles transporting fuel and other supplies.