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After Three Years Apart, Man Returns From The Military To Surprise His Little Brother At School

A man in a military uniform sneaks up behind his surprised brother.

We don’t think anyone’s ever been happier to see a loved one than this young man who got a surprise visit from his brother in the military! When the older boy snuck up behind his sibling at school, the student was initially unamused by the prank. However, as soon as he realized who was there, he burst into a cry of excitement! It wasn’t long before he was crying openly with his arms wrapped around his big brother.

This beautiful moment was captured on camera, and the video has been going viral online. Apparently, the two brothers hadn’t seen each other in three years, during which the older sibling was serving in the military. Their emotional reunion is just too sweet for words!

Many users couldn’t hold back their tears while watching this student’s moving reaction to his brother’s military homecoming.

“This post threw sand in my eyes,” joked one commenter on TikTok.

“Who’s cutting onions in here,” another user wrote.

A man in a military uniform sneaks up behind his surprised brother.
Screengrab from TikTok

What a wonderful reminder that we should never take our siblings, or any of our loved ones, for granted. Now that these two boys are reunited, we hope they’re able to make up for some of the time they lost while the older brother was serving in the military.

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