the whole family is here to greet him. he s a little dirty and dusty. we ll get him cleaned up. that was the michael woods family. he s been in afghanistan on active duty, home for two weeks. he will leave again in two weeks back if afghanistan. here at the uso, look, it s santa claus. yeah, he s here. he s greeting the military personnel as they come through here, and as i said, about 3,000 expected today. here is a reminder of what is also happening here on this holiday. all of these bags sigh behind me, beside me, all of these officers will be heading out very soon going back to afghanistan or iraq. so our thoughts are with those families as well, but we like to bring you as many happy reunions this morning as we can. we ll be here all day. back to you.
catherine callaway is there live. reporter: t.j. we re here inside the uso center at the atlanta airport. hundreds of military personnel have been passing through here this morning. you can see some of them behind me. most are heading home for two weeks after before going back to training or active duty. some, though, are heading back to duty after ending their two-week leave. we have had some incredible reunions this morning here at airport of some of the soldiers who just arrived back home from afghanistan and iraq. we want to show you one right now of the woods family. watch. i cannot wait just to have him with us. this is like this is a gift from god. this is our christmas. oh, i m relieved. i m just so glad he s here. and safe. a lot of prayers are answered.