Airmen from the 166th Security Forces Squadron, Del. Air Guard, arrive home after a six-month mission in Afghanistan

Technical Sgt. John Donmoyer, 166th Security Forces Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, reunites with family members on Oct. 21, 2011 after completing a six-month combat-zone mission in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Thirteen members of the 166th SFS returned home together to the New Castle ANG Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Harold Herglotz)

Airmen from the 166th Security Forces Squadron, Del. Air Guard, arrive home after a six-month mission in Afghanistan

Master Sgt. Joseph Ahearn, 166th Security Forces Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, reunites with a family member on Oct. 21, 2011 after completing a six-month combat-zone mission in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Thirteen members of the 166th SFS returned home together to the New Castle ANG Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Harold Herglotz)

Seven firefighters return home on Oct. 24, 2011 after six-month deployment

Staff Sgts. Deanne Warner, Edward Brooks and Michael Puglisi, Senior Airman John Buchanan, newly pinned Staff Sgt. Ronald Stanton, Senior Airman Patrick Burns and Airman 1st Class Joshua Davis, firefighters in the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, Del. Air National Guard, together at the New Castle ANG Base, Del., on Oct. 24, 2011 as their group of seven unit firefighters arrives home after a six-month combat zone deployment to Southwest Asia where most were assigned to the 405th Expeditionary CES fire department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)

Seven firefighters return home on Oct. 24, 2011 after six-month deployment

New Staff Sgt. Ronald Stanton, a firefighter in the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, Del. Air National Guard, receives the second of two pinning-on punches to secure new staff sergeant chevrons to his uniform from 166th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Jonathan Groff and 166th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Chief Senior Master Sgt. James Zent on Oct. 24, 2011. Sgt. Stanton is one of a group of seven unit firefighters who arrived home that day to the New Castle ANG Base, Del., after a six-month combat zone deployment to Southwest Asia where most were assigned to the 405th Expeditionary CES fire department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)

Seven firefighters return home on Oct. 24, 2011 after six-month deployment

Staff Sgts. Edward Brooks and Michael Puglisi, firefighters in the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, Del. Air National Guard, respond to 166th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Jonathan Groff on Oct. 24, 2011 as their group of seven unit firefighters arrives home to the New Castle ANG Base, Del., after a six-month combat zone deployment to Southwest Asia where they most assigned to the 405th Expeditionary CES fire department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)

Seven firefighters return home on Oct. 24, 2011 after six-month deployment

Senior Airmen Ronald Stanton and Patrick Burns, and Airman 1st Class Joshua Davis, firefighters in the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, Del. Air National Guard, listen to 166th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Jonathan Groff on Oct. 24, 2011 as their group of seven unit firefighters arrives home to the New Castle ANG Base, Del., after a six-month combat zone deployment to Southwest Asia where most were assigned to the 405th Expeditionary CES fire department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey)