Col. Gary Volesky, commander of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, rejoices with wife Lee Ann and his 11-year-old son, Alex, during 3rd HBCT's homecoming at Cooper Field at the division headquarters, Dec. 3, at Fort Hood, Texas. The brigade completed a 12-month deployment in northern Iraq, where they successfully withdrew from the inter-city of Mosul.