Little boy sees mum for first time in nine months

Even the US military machine can’t prevent this utterly joyous reunion.

Nine months is a long time in anyone’s life - but when you’re only three and you haven’t seen your mum in all that time, it’s like a lifetime.

Which is why little Cooper Waldvogel ignores military protocol to lamp it across a crowded hall and into his mum’s arms after she returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan.