This Article is From Oct 08, 2015

Daddy's Little Girl Interrupts Military Ceremony to Welcome Him Home

Daddy's Little Girl Interrupts Military Ceremony to Welcome Him Home

Screengrab taken from video posted on Facebook by KKTV 11 News

Military protocol be damned, this two-year-old hasn't seen her daddy in a long time and isn't going to wait a second longer to give him a proper welcome.

In a video that's now touching a million hearts, little Karis Oglesby, dressed in an ensemble inspired by the US flag with sparkling gold boots to match, can be seen darting towards her dad Lt Daniel Ogelsby at the formal homecoming ceremony in Fort Carson, Colorado. With outstretched arms (and not a care in the world), she rushes to daddy to give him a warm hug. Cue in the aaawwws now...

Lt Ogelsby was among 300 Fort Carson soldiers who were welcomed back home after a nine-month deployment in the Middle East, according to The Gazette. US military protocol dictates that homecoming soldiers have to be given a formal welcome by their commander. After that they are allowed to meet their families.

"She was excited. She spotted me from a couple rows back and she couldn't contain herself. I wasn't gonna tell her no," the happy father told KKTV 11 News.

Luckily for us, the adorable moment was captured on camera for posterity.
 
Little girl runs to dad

Best video of the day! A little girl couldn't wait for a homecoming ceremony to end at Fort Carson before she ran to her Daddy! KKTV photojournalist Pedro Laumbach captured this awesome moment. We know you'll "like" it as much as we do in our newsroom. http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/homecoming-331034542.html

Posted by KKTV 11 News on Tuesday, 6 October 2015
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