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U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Amick holds his son Gavin, 2, after a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, at the 7th Marine Regiment’s advanced party homecoming on Del Valle Field, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palm, Calif, Sept. 11, 2010. Amick is the regiment's maintenance management chief.

HOMECOMING HUG

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Amick holds his son Gavin, 2, after a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, at the 7th Marine Regiment’s advanced party homecoming on Del Valle Field, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palm, Calif, Sept. 11, 2010. Amick is the regiment's maintenance management chief.

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