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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Two-year old Kidada Pankins looks at her father, Staff Sgt. Barocka Pankins, assigned to the 818th Global Mobility Squadron, after a more than 90-day deployment to Pakistan during a welcome home celebration at the Global Reach Deployment Center here, Nov. 23. Sgt. Pankins deployed with a team of 36 other Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Col. Gordon Bridger, commander of the 818th Contingency Response Group, is welcomed home by his family at the Global Reach Deployment Center here after a more than 90-day deployment to Pakistan, Nov. 23. Col. Bridger led a team of 36 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Staff Sgt. Barocka Pankins, assigned to the 818th Global Mobility Squadron, is surrounded by his three daughters after a more than 90-day deployment to Pakistan during a welcome home celebration at the Global Reach Deployment Center here, Nov. 23. Sgt. Pankins deployed with a team of 36 other Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Eighteen-month old Chloe takes a nap in her mother's arms awaiting the arrival of her father. Erin and Chloe Bullock welcomed home Staff Sgt. Joshua Bullock, assigned to the 818th Global Mobility Squadron, during a celebration at the Global Reach Deployment Center here after a 90-day deployment to Pakistan, Nov. 23. Sgt. Bullock deployed with a team of 36 other Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Talitha, Nastassia and Saddiyah Pankins (left to right) await the arrival of Staff Sgt. Barocka Pankins, assigned to the 818th Global Mobility Squadron during a welcome home celebration at the Global Reach Deployment Center here. Sgt. Pankins deployed with a team of 36 other Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing are welcomed home by wing leadership as they return to the Global Reach Deployment Center here after a more than 90-day deployment to Pakistan. The team of 36 Airmen from the 621st CRW deployed to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)