On Sep. 5, 2012, Airmen of the 53rd Airlift Squadron, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., said goodbye to friends and family, and deployed to Southwest Asia. Rotating deployments have become the norm for Combat Airlifters, however they still represent one of the many burdens of service to all men and women serving abroad. This is the story of one of those familes, and how they overcame the many hardships of deployment.