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U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School cadet candidate Emily Adams embraces a family member after the school’s graduation parade at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 16, 2022.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Zachary Pennington and his son use a control panel for a tactical ground robot during an auto show in Layton, Utah, May 7, 2022.

Navy Lt. j.g. Mark Driver embraces his wife, Maya, and son, Kellen, during the USS Albany’s homecoming to Naval Station Norfolk, May 14, 2022, after a six-month deployment.

Flowers are presented to Kimberly Lanham during the retirement ceremony for her husband, Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Lanham, at Saint Francis Barracks, St. Augustine, Fla., May 14, 2022. Lanham is the outgoing senior enlisted advisor for the Florida National Guard.

Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Eric Torra is congratulated by his family during a frocking ceremony in Naples, Italy, May 13, 2022.

Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Gonzalez reads with a young boy during a Family Day event at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2022.

Air Force Capt. Zlatoslava Karga embraces her mother at their home in Vacaville, Calif., April 30, 2022. Karga was raised in Kyiv, Ukraine, immigrated to the U.S. in 2001 and commissioned into the Air Force in 2019. When the war broke out in Ukraine, she and her husband evacuated her mother to the U.S.

Military children cheer as a UH-60 Black Hawk flies over during a Month of the Military Child event at Abrams Elementary school, Fort Carson, Colo., April 28, 2022.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jimmy Ku hugs a family member in San Diego, March 4, 2022, after completing a seven-month deployment aboard the USS Essex.

A child plays checkers with community volunteers during a Month of the Military Child event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 15, 2022. This year marked the first time in two years the event was held on the installation due to COVID-19.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Albert Hannah and son Kayden Hannah pose for a photo at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 4, 2022. April is the Month of the Military Child which honors the service and sacrifices of children of military parents.

Army Col. Eli Lozano delivers a Mother’s Meal to Hannah Lombardi, wife of Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Lombardi, after the birth of their daughter at Fort Wainwright, Alaska April 5, 2022.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Pierre Dover and his family pose for a photo at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M, April 4, 2022. April is the Month of the Military Child which honors the service and sacrifices of children of military parents.

Air Force Senior Airman Paweena Vennum reads to children during a Women's History Month event at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., March 23, 2022.

Children enjoy carnival games during a celebration of the Month of the Military Child at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Ala., April 9, 2022.

Airmen and their families participate in a color run to celebrate Month of the Military Child at Sumpter Smith Joint Air National Guard Base in Birmingham, Ala., April 9, 2022.

Army Sgt. Jorge Montalvo hugs his daughter Chloe for the first time in nine months upon returning to Fort Sill, Okla., April 7, 2022, from his deployment to South Korea.

Gold Star family members use art supplies to make crafts at the children’s museum on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 2, 2022.

Air Force Senior Airman Paweena Vennum reads to children during a Women's History Month event at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., March 23, 2022.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Rocio Romo and her son share a laugh at Cocheo Park at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 25, 2022.