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Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Calvert Worth Jr.'s wife and son pin on his rank during a promotion ceremony at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 21, 2022.

Family members receive gifts during a retirement ceremony for Marine Corps Capt. Toland Taylor at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2022.

Military spouses dance in yukatas, a type of kimono, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2022, to celebrate Air Force’s 75th Anniversary.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Miles teaches martial arts techniques to Trisha Ricketts, a military spouse, during a Spouse Warrior Day at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 16, 2022.

Military spouse Jenny Santos receives flowers during a change of responsibility ceremony at Howze Parade Field, Fort Rucker, Ala., July 7, 2022.

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.

Ima Black, the widow of Delbert D. Black, the first master chief petty officer of the Navy, waves from an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter to the guided missile destroyer that bears his name at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., July 21, 2021. Black, the ship sponsor of the USS Delbert D. Black, visited to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Anthony Henderson has his rank placed onto his uniform by his mother and wife during a promotion ceremony at Marine Corps Barracks Washington, D.C., July 1, 2021.

Marine Corps Maj. Sarah Culbertson browses for books for her children, Kyle and Rachel, before beginning her work day in Carlsbad, Calif., May 3, 2021. In addition to being a mother of two, Culbertson is a military spouse and active-duty officer.

A sailor is pinned to the rank of chief petty officer by family members during a ceremony at Marine Corps University in North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2021.

A soldier assigned to the Oklahoma National Guard walks with loved ones at an Army aviation facility in Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 19, 2020, upon returning from a yearlong deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations.

An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircrew member reunites with loved ones at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Oct. 16, 2020, upon returning from a six-month deployment supporting U.S. Air Force Central Command.

The family of Army Brig. Gen. Roy Macaraeg of the Hawaii National Guard pins him to his new rank during a ceremony in Honolulu, Oct. 8, 2019.

Air Force Senior Airman Luis Cruz gets a hug from his wife, Madison, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, after returning home from a deployment to Qatar, March 11, 2019.

Army Spc. Jacob Rhodes reunites with his wife, Cheyenne, and son, Henry, at Fort Carson, Colo., Feb. 18, 2019, upon returning from an overseas deployment.

Marine Corps Sgt. Cameron Demaison helps his wife, Brooke, advance through an obstacle course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 13, 2018, during an “In Their Boots” day to give Marines an opportunity to show family members what they do on the job.

Krista Simpson Anderson, third from left, accepts the 2018 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year Award during the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s 36th Annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2018.