An elementary teacher burst into tears when her military brother interrupted her class having returned home early from deployment overseas. Kali Vining, 25, had no idea her brother Chase, 24, who has been away for almost a year, was going to walk in that day. She and her family initially expected him to return home two months later. Chase, from Spokane, Washington, is currently serving with the artillery unit of the U.S. Army, and in February 2021 he was deployed to Eastern Europe for training and exercises with NATO forces.