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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Talitha, Nastassia and Saddiyah Pankins (left to right) await the arrival of Staff Sgt. Barocka Pankins, assigned to the 818th Global Mobility Squadron during a welcome home celebration at the Global Reach Deployment Center here. Sgt. Pankins deployed with a team of 36 other Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing are welcomed home by wing leadership as they return to the Global Reach Deployment Center here after a more than 90-day deployment to Pakistan. The team of 36 Airmen from the 621st CRW deployed to Pakistan in order to assist with relief operations after the devastating flooding that ravaged the country in Aug. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Deckman)(released)

NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Gen. Raymond Johns, Air Mobility Command commander, speaks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin after the Veterans Day Parade in New York City Nov. 11. Aldrin is a retired Air Force colonel who piloted F-86 Sabres and F-100 Super Sabres during his career. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan)

NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Members of the Air Force Honor Guard march down 5th Avenue in New York City during the Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. This year’s parade consisted of flights from the New York Police Department, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, ROTC, Junior ROTC, Civil Air Patrol and various veteran groups. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan)

NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Col. Paul Murphy, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander, renders a salute to the members in the review stand during the Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. Colonel Murphy was the commander of troops during this year’s parade in New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover)

NYC Veterans Day parade

NEW YORK -- Master of Arms 1st Class Cole Schultz, 87th Security Forces Squadron, renders a salute to the members in the review stand during the Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. This year’s parade consisted of flights from the New York Police Department, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, ROTC, Junior ROTC, Civil Air Patrol and various veterans groups. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Carolyn Glover)