The father and daughter hadn't seen each other since last summer.

Whether it’s kindergarten or an advanced degree, graduation is a joyous time in the lives of students and their parents. Completing an academic program takes determination, dedication, and perseverance when things get daunting. So walking across that stage is a moment you usually want to share with all of your loved ones, especially the parents who helped get you to this point in your life.

Douglas Hernandez flew in from overseas to see his daughter graduate!

A Navy service member who had been stationed in the Middle East since last summer traveled more than 30 hours to surprise his daughter at her graduation on May 12.

There was a big surprise for one UNLV student at her graduation ceremony on Friday.

A commencement ceremony turned into an emotional reunion for a UNLV graduate and her military father. During Friday's graduation, Pamela Hernandez received the surprise of a lifetime when she was reunited with her father after almost a year apart.

Pamela Hernandez was excited to walk across the stage at her college graduation, but the moment got even sweeter when her military father was able to travel from overseas to surprise her at the ceremony.

A commencement ceremony in Las Vegas turned into a heartfelt reunion between a military father and his daughter. For Douglas Hernandez, watching his daughter graduate was a moment he simply couldn't miss again.

Father who has been deployed since July surprises daughter at UNLV graduation.

On Friday night, a military father who has been deployed in the Middle East since July surprised his daughter at her UNLV graduation.

"This is probably the loneliest I've ever felt in my life," TikToker Ally Yost told her phone screen one Friday night in October last year. She was at a crossroads, sensing all the friends she'd made up until that point in her mid-20s were out doing things without her, and moving on with their lives.

Summer is coming. For most of us, that means spending all day holed up in air-conditioned buildings and avoiding the outdoors entirely.