Spc. Kevin Thomson (second from left), a CH-47F Chinook helicopter mechanic for Company D, 2nd "Lobo" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, stops to pose with his wife, Nancy (left), his father, William (second from right) and his mother, Sharon (right), pause for a family photo after his reenlistment ceremony held at the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment stables, Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 19, 2008. The father, a retired Air Force master sergeant, and his mother traveled from Booneville, Ark., to see their son reenlist for the first time in his Army career.