Today in Pictures: Sept. 18, 2012

Five-year-old Larry Greene III, left, hugs his father Sgt. Larry Greene, as family and friends welcome home about 230 paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 17, 2012. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News/AP Photo )