Air Force pilots Maj. Daniel Geary and Maj. David Fawcett, Rhode Island Air National Guard (far left) give their best wishes to five members of the 179th as they deplane at Baghdad International Airport. Fort Stewart's entire division is completing a deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom 3, which is expected to last at least 12 months.

 Michael Henning, son of Robert Henning of Apalachin and Marge Spaulding of Owego, is the soldier closest to the camera and the one facing the camera. He is currently an SPC, and this is his second tour to Iraq. His last deployment there ended in March 2004.