Family members cheer as U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, march by during a welcome ceremony at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Aug. 26, 2014. Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment returned home from an eight-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.