Military

A film director was moved to tears when her military brother, whom she had not seen in nearly 10 months, surprised her on set.

A beloved grandma couldn’t believe her eyes when her Navy-serving grandson photobombed a family picture after months apart.

A dental worker let out a huge scream before falling to her knees in joyous tears, as she approached a chair in her practice to discover her military husband, who had been serving overseas for the past 10 months.

An elementary school pupil stopped in his tracks when he came around the corner of his school's hallway and discovered his military father, who he had not seen for nine months.

This is the emotional moment a U.S. Air Force senior airman captured his family’s extreme reactions to him returning from deployment after 10 months overseas. In every clip, Miguel Jimenez Machuca's family and friends froze in shock, looked stunned, and then cried happy tears as they were finally able to hold Miguel once more. The moments took place after Miguel had spent 10 months on rotation in Qatar, and after watching a number of military reunion videos on social media, he decided he would try his hand at doing the same.

A seven-year-old girl who has beaten cancer twice had an emotional surprise when her bone marrow donor asked her to be a flower girl at his wedding. Ryan Garippo, 26, from Chicago, Illinois, had secretly traveled across the U.S. to Nashville, Tennessee, to ask Arlie Wolfe for a helping hand on his big day. Arlie is a two-time cancer survivor who was able to beat the disease thanks to a donation from Ryan, who proved to be a perfect match. Donors are initially kept anonymous, but on the day of her one-year biopsy to make sure she was cancer-free, Arlie's mom, Lisa, 32, received a call from Ryan, who said he wanted to meet. It's rare for recipients to get to meet their donors, but Ryan and Arlie met for the first time in Nashville, in July 2019, and have shared an incredible bond since. So as soon as Ryan began planning his wedding with fiancee Elizabeth, he knew he wanted to have Arlie as a flower girl, setting up the surprise reveal with the help of Arlie's family.

Elementary school teacher Kali Vining burst into tears as her brother walked through the door of her classroom after almost a year away on duty running drills with NATO forces.

A military mom practiced air hugging her daughter while on deployment so she was ready to reunite with her after seven months apart.

A grandma could not believe her eyes when she heard a knock at the door and discovered her first baby grandchild, who had been living across the country because of her dad's military duties.

A military husband has gone viral after blubbing uncontrollably at the altar as he first saw his bride-to-be walking down the aisle.