Senior Airman Francisco Salcedo, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, hugs his wife Amber after returning Dec. 22 from a 7-month deployment to Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. Airman Salcedo was one of 42 28th CES Airmen deployed in support of the continuing global war on terrorism and responsible for maintaining base infrastructure in their overseas location. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Carrie Kessler)