Special tactics unit returns from Afghanistan

Friends and family members welcome home a dozen members of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron on the flight line of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 2012. The Airmen spent six months in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Rechel)

Special tactics unit returns from Afghanistan

Friends and family members welcome home a dozen members of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron on the flight line of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 2012. The Airmen spent six months in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Rechel)

41st Civil Support Team demonstrates skill in combating weapons of mass destruction during U.S. Army North exercise

Kentucky Air National Guard Master Sgt. Michael Flickinger (left), 41st Civil Support Team communications chief, and Kentucky Air National Guard Master Sgt. Gregory Terry, information systems operations analyst, set up the Incident Commander's Radio Interface for use as a repeater in extending downrange communications at a U.S. Army North exercise on Oct. 2, 2012, in Frankfort, Ky. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

41st Civil Support Team demonstrates skill in combating weapons of mass destruction during U.S. Army North exercise

Members of the Kentucky National Guard's 41st Civil Support Team survey a cabin where suspected bomb making substances are present during a U.S. Army North exercise on Oct. 2, 2012, in Frankfort, Ky. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

41st Civil Support Team demonstrates skill in combating weapons of mass destruction during U.S. Army North exercise

Kentucky Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Scott Terrill, 41st Civil Support Team survey team chief, samples a potential explosive substance during a U.S. Army North exercise on Oct. 2, 2012, in Frankfort, Ky. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

41st Civil Support Team demonstrates skill in combating weapons of mass destruction during U.S. Army North exercise

Members of the Kentucky National Guard's 41st Civil Support Team drive through the woods to a cabin where suspected bomb making substances are present during a U.S. Army North exercise on Oct. 2, 2012, in Frankfort, Ky. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)