Maj. Frank Welton, 37th Bomb Squadron assistant director of operations, holds his children for the first time in six months at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 27, 2011. The 37th BS deployed to Southwest Asia to provide air power to combatant commanders in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Alystria Maurer/Released)