Alaska Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jeff Rogers, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with A Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, embraces his wife, JJ, and meets his six-month-old son, Jack, for the first time at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 15, 2021. Approximately 60 Alaska Army Guardsmen deployed in March to the U.S. Central Command Area of Operations in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. While Rogers and a few others were able to return home in time for the holidays, most of the unit’s deployed personnel will return early next year. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O’Neal)