Sisters Kairi, 4, and Aurora, 6, consider their breakfast options Dec. 1 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Buckner Physical Fitness Center while waiting for their father, Spc. Christopher Kelley of the 109th Transportation Company to return from a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. The 109th, part of Army Alaska's 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in March. The food was provided by the USO.

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