Members of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team wait to be dismissed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, after arriving back from a 16-month tour of duty in Iraq. The remainder of the 700-man battalion and the 3,800-man Stryker brigade will be returning over the next 10 days. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
