Staff Sgt. Nicholas Zito is a member of the Army National Guard and had been deployed overseas for more than a year.
It was a special Valentine's Day for a fifth-grader on Long Island whose father surprised her at school after an eight-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Erika Benning hadn't seen her son in more than two years, but he came to her swearing-in ceremony just to pin her badge on her uniform.
It was an emotional moment when a military mother surprised her 12-year-old daughter in South Jersey.
Staff Sergeant Daniel Dugal surprised his puppy Brandy after returning home to Long Island from duty overseas.
After being deployed for seven months, an Army soldier surprised his 4-year-old daughter at her preschool.