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The emotional moment a soldier back from deployment surprised his 5-year old daughter

Capt. Quensie Brown is one of 250 Fort Stewart soldiers back home after 9-month-long deployment in Poland.

The emotional moment a soldier back from deployment surprised his 5-year old daughter

Capt. Quensie Brown is one of 250 Fort Stewart soldiers back home after 9-month-long deployment in Poland.

FOR AROUND 250 FORT STEWART SOLDIERS ... THAT DAY WAS WEDNESDAY. WJCL 22 NEWS' LYDIA - BLACKSTONE WAS THERE ... THE MOMENT AN ARMY CAPTAIN ... SURPRISED HIS 5 YEAR OLD GIRL AT SCHOOL./// ((NAT)) WELCOME HOME. "A JOB WELL DONE." THESE WORD'S SPOKEN TO CAPTAIN QUENSIE BROWN, A SOLIDER TO MANY, AND A DAD TO ONE. "BEING DEPLOYED, YOU MISS SO MANY MILESTONES." ((CPT. QUENSIE BROWN, SOLDIER RETURNING HOME)) 9 MONTHS---THAT'S HOW LONG CAPTAIN BROWN AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER 3RD ID SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES. WHILE CAPT. BROWN HAS BEEN SERVING 5,000 MILES AWAY, HIS 5- YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL, BELLA...HAS BEEN AT SCHOOL. "WHAT ARE Y'ALL LEARNING TODAY?" ((LYDIA)) LEARNING HOW TO COUNT, A SKILL SHE'S BEEN USING RECENTLY. "I WAS COUNTING DOWN THE STRAWS WHEN HE WAS COMING HOME." ((BELLA BROWN, CAPTAIN BROWN'S DAUGHTER)) IT SEEMED LIKE JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE CLASSROOM ((NAT)) BUT ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF HER MIND, WHEN WILL DAD BE BACK HOME? ((NAT OF DAUGHTER AND FATHER REUNITED)) THE VERY FIRST PLACE HE WENT... "TO SEE HER." ((CPT. QUENSIE BROWN, SOLDIER RETURNING HOME)) THE 3RD ID SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE RETURNING FROM A SUCCESSFUL MISSION IN POLAND HELPING NATO ALLIES. "I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR WHAT THEY DID. THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT THEY MADE IN EASTERN EUROPE AS A ROTATIONAL FORCE IS ASTRONOMICAL." ((COL. JENNIFER MCDONOUGH, 3RD DIVISION SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE)) CAPTAIN BROWN, ABLE TO PULL OF QUITE THE SURPRISE. ((ANOTHER NAT OF REUNITED MOMENT)) "IF I HAD MY BAG WITH ME, I'LL PULL OUT ALL THE PICTURES SHE SENT TO ME AND ALL THE LETTERS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM MY FAMILY." ((CPT. QUENSIE BROWN, SOLDIER RETURNING HOME)) SERVING HIS COUNTRY, SECOND BEST TO SERVING HIS FAMILY. "FINALLY BACK HOME." ((CPT. QUENSIE BROWN, SOLDIER RETURNING HOME)) AT LIBERTY COUNTY PRE K, LYDIA BLACKSTONE WJCL 22 NEWS. (AD LIB) AND IF YOU KNOW AN ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIER ... OR VETERAN ... WHO DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION ... LET US K
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The emotional moment a soldier back from deployment surprised his 5-year old daughter

Capt. Quensie Brown is one of 250 Fort Stewart soldiers back home after 9-month-long deployment in Poland.

There’s nothing like coming home.A total of 250 soldiers at Fort Stewart, which is in Georgia, are now reunited with their families.One of them is Capt. Quensie Brown. Brown has a 5-year-old little girl, Bella."It's hard leaving back your family, your daughters, your sons and your wives," Brown said.Brown decided to surprise his daughter at her school, The Liberty County Pre-K in Hinesville, Georgia.Bella says she had been counting down the days to that moment she got to hug her dad.'"I was counting down the straws to when he was coming home," said Bella Brown.Her father returned from a successful mission with the 3rd ID's sustainment brigade in Poland.Col. Jennifer McDonough said they were over there helping NATO allies."I'm incredibly proud of the team for what they did. The amount of change that they made in Eastern Europe as a rotational force is astronomical," McDonough said.Brown, returning from service, was able to pull off quite the surprise. Serving his country is second best to serving his family.“If I had my bag with me, I'll pull out all the pictures she sent to me and all the letters that I've gotten from my family. Now I'm finally back home,” Brown said.

There’s nothing like coming home.

A total of 250 soldiers at Fort Stewart, which is in Georgia, are now reunited with their families.

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One of them is Capt. Quensie Brown. Brown has a 5-year-old little girl, Bella.

"It's hard leaving back your family, your daughters, your sons and your wives," Brown said.

Brown decided to surprise his daughter at her school, The Liberty County Pre-K in Hinesville, Georgia.

Bella says she had been counting down the days to that moment she got to hug her dad.

'"I was counting down the straws to when he was coming home," said Bella Brown.

Her father returned from a successful mission with the 3rd ID's sustainment brigade in Poland.

Col. Jennifer McDonough said they were over there helping NATO allies.

"I'm incredibly proud of the team for what they did. The amount of change that they made in Eastern Europe as a rotational force is astronomical," McDonough said.

Brown, returning from service, was able to pull off quite the surprise. Serving his country is second best to serving his family.

“If I had my bag with me, I'll pull out all the pictures she sent to me and all the letters that I've gotten from my family. Now I'm finally back home,” Brown said.