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The 17 Best Military Welcome Home Signs to Inspire Your Own

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Military welcome home signs are everything. 

In fact, they’re almost as much a part of homecoming events as the teary reunions. You’ve seen them on Pinterest, your friend’s Facebook wall, and any military group you’ve been in.

If you’ve spent any length of time in the military community, you know these signs can run the mill of being super sweet to being borderline racy. 

No matter how you style it, communicate with your service member ahead of time what the sign looks like. Military welcome home signs can be an eye-catching way for your service member to quickly find you in the sea of faces. 

Ready to welcome your favorite service member home? A homemade sign is one way to do it.

In the homecoming crowd, you’ll need to stand out. Here are just a few of the imaginative ways folks have done it with their military welcome home signs. 

1. Kiss Mom First

A family member of a Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, watches her son after the welcome home ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, N.J., Dec. 6, 2019. The infantrymen conducted a variety of missions, including base security, aircraft security, emergency response, intelligence collection, and security force assistance across a broad area of eastern Africa in support of Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
(New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

 

2. This Better Be the Last Time…

Military family welcome home
(Image Courtesy of the Utah National Guard)

 

3. A Total of 163 Days is Definitely Long Enough

Sawyer Gormanous holds a sign Nov. 22, 2019, welcoming her dad back home in Alameda, California. Gormanous' father is a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Strattot, which deployed June 13, 2019, under the tactical control of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, enforcing United Nations Security Council resolutions against North Korea. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi)
(U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi)

 

4. Short and Sweet Sums it Up

U.S. Marines with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ) 3, greet their loved ones as they return from deployment at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 14, 2017. VMAQ- 3 was reunited with their families after a six month deployment to Turkey. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Joselyn Jimenez)
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Joselyn Jimenez)

 

5. Mom is Tired. Your Turn.

Families and friends await the return of their loved ones during a deployment homecoming at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. November 3, 2017. More than 120 Airmen with the 560th RED HORSE Squadron deployed for 180 days across Southwest Asia to provide a dedicated, mobile, flexible, self-sufficient heavy construction engineering force for airfield, base infrastructure and special capabilities to support worldwide contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)

 

6. Shirts Can Be Signs, Too

Families and friends await the return of their loved ones during a deployment homecoming at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. November 3, 2017. More than 120 Airmen with the 560th RED HORSE Squadron deployed for 180 days across Southwest Asia to provide a dedicated, mobile, flexible, self-sufficient heavy construction engineering force for airfield, base infrastructure and special capabilities to support worldwide contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven A. Ortiz)

 

7. This Guy Needs a Bear Hug

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 20, 2020) Family and friends hold signs to welcome home Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln returns to Naval Air Station North Island after a ten-month deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Danielle A. Baker (Released) 200120-N-HD110-0151
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Danielle A. Baker)

 

8. A Hero’s Welcome

A child holds a ‘welcome home’ sign in celebration of the return of the Last Frontier Honor Flight, at Ted Stevens International Airport, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2018. The program offers veterans the opportunity to visit monuments erected in their honor such as the National World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell)
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell)

 

9. Truer Words Have Never Been Written

Civilian Autumn James holds up a sign prior to a homecoming for U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines (1/8), 2nd Marine Division (2d MARDIV), on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 19, 2018. James is waiting for the return of her husband U.S. Navy HN Hayden James from Okinawa, Japan after 6 months of conducting joint force exercises and operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Taylor N. Cooper)
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Taylor N. Cooper)

 

10. Hands Down, Homecoming Days are Best

A sign with the hands of family members of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC-910) hangs up welcoming home the crew Thursday, May 23, 2019 as the cutter pulls into Key West, Florida following a three month deployment in support of U.S. Africa Command. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally)

 

11. Princess Needs are Simple

Marines and Sailors from Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit for Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, land at their homecoming reception at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 30, 2018. The squadron participated in the NATO exercise from USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) in Iceland and Norway. The Marines and Sailors were instrumental in providing vertical lift and transport capabilities in an amphibious environment while training in a challenge climate, enabling the MEU to offload combat capabilities and equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Seims)
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Seims)

 

12. No More Waiting, Please 

Friends and family of Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa wait for their return during a homecoming at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 20, 2018. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-CR-AF returned home from a 7-month deployment after conducting crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

 

13. A Sign For Each

Corporal Jose Becerra poses for a photo with his wife during a homecoming event aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 14, 2015. Becerra returned from a six-month deployment in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)

 

14. Boy Oh Boy

Marines and Sailors from Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit for Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, land at their homecoming reception at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Nov. 30, 2018. The squadron participated in the NATO exercise from USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) in Iceland and Norway. The Marines and Sailors were instrumental in providing vertical lift and transport capabilities in an amphibious environment while training in a challenge climate, enabling the MEU to offload combat capabilities and equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Seims)
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Seims)

 

15. Three Little Warm Welcomes

Family members hold up signs to welcome home soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (US Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Brokhoff).
(US Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Brokhoff).

 

17. We All Know Heroes Wear Uniforms 

a toddler with a sign that reads my mom is my hero
(Courtesy of The Ritzy Rose)

 

We’ve all seen our fair share of interesting, funny, and sweet military welcome home signs. What’s the best one you’ve ever seen?

Feature image courtesy of  U.S. Marine Corps. Photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Kirk

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