Carrie Weston (left), Demarkio Anderson and Domitila Weston spend time together at the youth center during the Deployed Family Dinner Jan. 20 organized by the 436th Operations Group. The dinner was hosted to support families of deployed servicemembers. "We can't make deployments any shorter, but we can make them easier on the families," said Master Sgt. Erik Appeldoorn, C-17 loadmaster with 3rd Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samuel Taylor/Released)