Alisha Klein holds her son while they wait for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Klein, with the 39th Airlift Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base in Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 28, 2011. The unit's deployment was shortened from three months to about 30 days because of the drawdown in forces for Operation New Dawn.