It was a tearful reunion when Army Private First Class Ethan Muller, 19, surprised his younger brother Eli at Marshall Middle Magnet School.
A special visitor walked into Marshall Middle Magnet IB World School’s band class on Monday.
The person brought seventh grade student Eli Muller’s hand to his open mouth and tears to his eyes. The visitor was his brother, Army Private First Class Ethan Muller, 19, who flew home to surprise his younger sibling on his 13th birthday.
Eli hadn’t seen his brother since he graduated from boot camp at South Carolina’s Fort Jackson in October.
Private Muller will be home until Jan. 2, when he flies to Fort Huachuca in Arizona for Advanced Individual Training (AIT), where he will learn the skills needed to perform his job as an Intelligence Analyst.
