After the pomp and ceremony the young men are marching back to their barracks to collect their gear and be dismissed for a 24 to 36 hour leave. Most will then be scheduled to embark on a journey to another base where they will join a Battalion that is already deployed or about to be deployed to somewhere, such as Iraq, Afganistan, etc.... Most mom's and dad's, wife's and girlfriend's at this point are proud and full of fear all at the same time. We will all be cherishing every moment we have with them in the next few hours.