Gen. David M. Rodriguez, the U.S. Army Forces Command

Gen. David M. Rodriguez, the U.S. Army Forces Command commander, welcomes home Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, the XVIII Airborne Corps commander, along with more the 300 soldiers from XVIII Abn. Corps and 82nd Airborne Division after a yearlong deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield Dec. 22. "You have set the conditions for Iraq to become a free nation," Rodriguez said. "And you moved all the personnel and equipment out after almost nine years of war. There was nothing easy about that.” (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II)