Nicky Nelson welcomes home her fiance, Staff Sgt. Nick Richards, 28th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance support NCO in-charge, after returning from a six month deployment to Southwest Asia during a homecoming event at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Jan. 27, 2013. Richards was among the approximately 200 Airmen who returned home after supporting operations in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anania Tekurio/Released)