Returning deployer
Lt. Col. John West, 49th Security Forces commander and Master Sgt Cindy McKee, 49 SFS first sergeant, pose for a photo with returning deployer Staff Sgt. Christopher Spradley, also 49 SFS, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Dec.13. Sergeant Spradley was deployed for five and a half months to Camp Thji, Iraq with his military working dog. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Rachel A. Kocin)