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There's a saying that a parent would do anything for his children, and that even includes deploying to war to be with their child.

During the "Year of the Air Force Family," Tech. Sgt. Thomas Leaman, a reservist from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Petersen Air Force Base, Colo., decided he needed to be with his son in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Leaman, the NCO in charge of the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuels mobility support equipment shop could only think about one thing as he disembarked from a C-17 Globemaster III; that he would get to spend some "quality time" with his son, Army Spc. Kevin Leaman, a vehicle maintainer with the 4th Infantry Division deployed in Afghanistan.
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