things are looking good and i'm coming home. i'm very happy. >> reporter: they have been here since november. after years of american troops learning their tours would be extended, these soldiers had their 12-month tour cut short. the number of u.s. boots on the ground is decreasing by the day and commanders say that not even iraq's inability to form a government will stop them from meeting their deadline. these soldiers leave behind an iraq with an uncertain future, but for them, the job is done. well, you know, every day at this time, we salute a member of the u.s. military who made the ultimate sacrifice in iraq or afghanistan. we call it home and away. we want to tell you about private first class andrew martin ward from kirkland, washington. he was killed when his unit was