U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Erica Carruth, 119th Force Support Squadron, holds her daughter as family and friends greet her upon her return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia at Hector International Airport, Fargo, N.D., Jan. 20, 2022. The deployment was a regularly scheduled reserve component period (RCP) deployment supporting the U.S. Air Force air expeditionary force (AEF) structure of operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)