Tis the season. Fort Jackson soldiers left by the thousands Thursday night through Friday morning to join their families for the holidays. Nine thousand soldiers went through processing at the Solomon Center on base before being loaded on to buses headed for airports and bus stations all over the state. (Illustration by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin/kkfoster@thestate.com) KIM KIM FOSTER-TOBIN/KKFOSTER@TH — The State