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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Staff Sgt. Benjamin Russell, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, assists homeward bound Capt. Ryan Riley Jan. 7 at a Southwest Asia air base. Captain Riley is headed back to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - A homeward bound airman finds a quiet spot to view a movie on his laptop at a Southwest Asia air base passenger terminal Jan. 7. The terminal is packed with military and civilians waiting to rotate back to their home stations. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Military and civilian personnel spend their time playing cards, board games or dominoes as they await the aircraft that will fly them home or to their next assignment at a Southwest Asia air base Jan. 7. (U. S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)

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Published Jan. 10, 2008