Soldiers of 8th FST come home

Army Maj. Robert Corson, an intensive care unit registered nurse with the 8th Forward Surgical Team, greets his wife, Shelley, after meeting his son Benjamin for the first time at Ted Stevens International Airport Nov. 4. Stevens and seven other 8th FST team members returned to a large group of family, friends and fellow Soldiers. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)

Soldiers of 8th FST come home

Jackie Triolo, wife of Spc. Anthony Triolo breaks away from a crowd of family members and friends to greet her husband at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 4. Spc. Triolo returned from a 9 month deployment with the 8th Forward Surgical Team, 725th Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne). (U.S. Army photo by SSG Daniel Love/Released)

Soldiers of 8th FST come home

Maj. Ernest Dorema, officer in charge of the critical care trauma nurse section of the 8th FST, greets his children, Elliot and Leilani, at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 4. Maj. Dorema returned from a 9 month deployment with the 8th Forward Surgical Team, 725th Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne). (U.S. Army photo by SSG Daniel Love/Released)

Soldiers of 8th FST come home

Published Nov. 18, 2014
By Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Love
4/25 IBCT (ABN) Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Family and fellow Soldiers gathered at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska to welcome eight members of the 8th Forward Surgical Team, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division home from deployment Nov. 4.

"I don't know what to do," a visibly-excited Jackie Triolo said to a fellow spouse waiting in an airport terminal. "Should I run up to him or wait here? What should I do?"

When her husband, Spc. Anthony Triolo, walked into the terminal, she broke from the crowd in the concourse to hug him.

The eight redeployed soldiers were also welcomed back by the of the 4/25th IBCT commander, Army Col. Matthew McFarlane, as well as several other leaders from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

The team was attached to Combined-Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan for the nine-month deployment to support the special operations mission there.

"We did missions all over Afghanistan, so I've been just about everywhere there," said Army Maj. Ernest Dorema, officer in-charge of the critical care trauma nurse section of the 8th FST. "We spread out and got to work immediately. We built a hospital and helped a lot of people, so our footprint will be there for a long time."