Ethel Gillard prepares to hug her son Spc. Joshua Gillard, a truck driver with the 418th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, as he hugs his wife C'alace and daughter Jordan Nov. 3, 2008 at the Kieschnick Physical Fitness Center on Fort Hood. Gillard and about 130 Soldiers from his company returned home after 15 months in Iraq.