FORT DRUM, NY (September 2014) – Ashley Sandgren's smiles said
as much as her words. Sometimes anxious. Other times
confident. Either way, she knew it was almost over. Just 24 hours away from reuniting with her husband – Army
Spc. Jeremy Sandgren – after his nine-month deployment to
Afghanistan, the Virginia native talked through the emotions
of what it was like to wait out the couple's first overseas
deployment.