First Lt. Kevin Martin, 1-114th Infantry, New Jersey

First Lt. Kevin Martin, 1-114th Infantry, New Jersey Army National Guard, kisses his daughter at the Joint Training and Training Development Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 18, 2015. The nearly 450 Citizen-Soldiers returned home from a nearly yearlong deployment where they served in command and control, conducted oversight for mission planning and administrative support, provided security at facilities, control points, perimeter towers and radar sites in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)