A sweet video of a little girl running to greet her military dad is warming millions of hearts in the Facebook universe.
Just days before her third birthday, Karis Oglesby was in for a special treat when her dad, Lieutenant Daniel Ogelsby, returned home to Colorado after eight months of deployment in Southwest Asia. When the little girl spotted her dad during the military homecoming ceremony on Tuesday, she "couldn't contain herself" and dashed toward him to greet him with a hug.
Though he was posed in formation, Daniel briefly broke out to accept the embrace and send Karis back to her mom and sister.
KKTV 11 News captured the special moment and shared the video clip on Facebook, where it has been viewed over 2 million times.
"Discipline is important, but some moments are too important to pass up," wrote on viewer in the Facebook comments.
So sweet!
H/T 9News.
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According to Illinois State University, Clark was a single parent when she enlisted in the military in 1994, though she has since married.
It's not the first time a military mom has pulled off a surprise reunion. In April, single mom Army Maj. Laura Byrd surprised her 15-year-old daughter at a school assembly.
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Carpenter, a medically retired infantryman now in college, appeared on Checkpoint a few times in 2014. He received the nation’s top award for valor in June, nearly four years after he suffered devastating injuries in a grenade attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Nov. 21, 2010.
Carpenter is credited with deliberately lunging at a hand grenade to shield it from another Marine, Lance Cpl. Nick Eufrazio. Later this year, he sky-dived into the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington. His fellow service members, meanwhile, recalled the scramble it took to keep Carpenter alive after sustaining such grievous injuries.
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As you can see in the stories above this are the things that keep them happy. They have stuff to give them hope while there over seas. Why wouldn't that keep you happy. In both post i gave two different generations of soldiers that and there views of if they still could be happy while they are over seas. And in each one they both where the same to yes you can still be happy in war. its not about what going on around you but what is at home waiting for you. Either a family member or even sometimes pets, that whats going to keep a smile on your face the times there is nothing to really to be happy about.
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Nothing in the world would ever have made me happier than a reunion with my daughters after a prolonged and life-endangering absence during their early childhood... or sadder than having to commence such an absence. I really don't know how so many soldiers do it.
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