{"id":46550,"date":"2018-12-27T20:28:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T20:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/27\/19-soldiers-from-25th-id-return-home-for-christmas-after-9-months-abroad\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:43:07","slug":"19-soldiers-from-25th-id-return-home-for-christmas-after-9-months-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/12\/27\/19-soldiers-from-25th-id-return-home-for-christmas-after-9-months-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"19 soldiers from 25th ID return home for Christmas after 9 months abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HONOLULU \u2014 Nineteen U.S. Army soldiers were reunited with loved ones in Hawaii just in time for Christmas following a nine-month deployment in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Family and friends greeted the soldiers Monday night as they returned to Schofield Barracks on Oahu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldiers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2016\/01\/12\/25th-infantry-division-to-shrink-and-shed-strykers-this-spring\/\" target=_blank>the 25th Infantry Division<\/a> weren\u2019t due back until Saturday, but Maj. 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