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Amy Pietromanco helps raise the U.S. flag during a flag-raising ceremony at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Saratoga, Calif., Nov. 10, 2016. Army Staff Sgt. Juan Martinez, left, and Sgt. Arleen Banioza, right, assisted the fourth grader. Martinez, a human resources specialist, and Banioza, a color guard noncommissioned officer, are assigned to the 63rd Regional Support Command. Army photo by Alun Thomas

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Amy Pietromanco helps raise the U.S. flag during a flag-raising ceremony at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Saratoga, Calif., Nov. 10, 2016. Army Staff Sgt. Juan Martinez, left, and Sgt. Arleen Banioza, right, assisted the fourth grader. Martinez, a human resources specialist, and Banioza, a color guard noncommissioned officer, are assigned to the 63rd Regional Support Command. Army photo by Alun Thomas

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