U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Hering, 40th Airlift Squadron pilot, kisses his wife, Laura, May 19, 2016, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Hering was deployed with more than 200 other Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Group. The Airmen transported 13,000 passengers, 10,000 tons of cargo and 130 aeromedical evacuation patients during their four month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shannon Hall/Released)