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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nick Green holds his son on his shoulders on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, March 12, 2010. Green, assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, is returning from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nick Green holds his son on his shoulders on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, March 12, 2010. Green, assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, is returning from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nick Green holds his son on his shoulders on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, March 12, 2010. Green, assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, is returning from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

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