When do troops arrive at dfw

DFW's program began in November , according to the airport's website. Members of the community go in large groups to welcome troops home in what the airport calls a proud tradition of supporting the U.

Armed Forces. They make the troops feel like rock stars," Minitrez said in a phone interview. Minitrez said DFW Airport constantly made headlines around the country for the crowds who greeted service members on their way home. Magana said the way North Texas responded to the program "made us all proud -- proud to be from Dallas-Fort Worth and proud to be in the middle of this great region that can support this in the way that it has for so long.

Stansberger: And it was that everyone you went to said yes. It shows what the people that live here are all about. For eight years, some 10, North Texas volunteers felt it their honor and privilege to welcome home nearly half a million incoming troops.

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