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"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" host Ty Pennington joins the family of Virginia National Guardsman Spc. Michael Lucas in cheering "Move that bus!" allowing the family their first glimpse of their totally renovated home in Rice, Va., Dec. 10, 2007. Lucas is currently deployed to Iraq with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, Virginia Army National Guard. Photo by Maj. Cotton Puryear, USA

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" host Ty Pennington joins the family of Virginia National Guardsman Spc. Michael Lucas in cheering "Move that bus!" allowing the family their first glimpse of their totally renovated home in Rice, Va., Dec. 10, 2007. Lucas is currently deployed to Iraq with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, Virginia Army National Guard. Photo by Maj. Cotton Puryear, USA

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" host Ty Pennington joins the family of Virginia National Guardsman Spc. Michael Lucas in cheering "Move that bus!" allowing the family their first glimpse of their totally renovated home in Rice, Va., Dec. 10, 2007. Lucas is currently deployed to Iraq with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry, Virginia Army National Guard. Photo by Maj. Cotton Puryear, USA

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