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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From “Press
Photos” at DefenseLink.com –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>“U.S.
Army recruits receive their initial haircuts during basic combat training at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Jackson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">S.C.</st1:State></st1:place>,
on Jan. 16, 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(DoD
photo by Senior Airman Micky M. Bazaldua, U.S. Air Force.)”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img
width=400 height=266 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C85FEE.83A62CA0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This
photo kinda takes me back to Reception Station (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Fort Ord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>)
on June 19, 1969, except we new recruits back then didn’t have the
benefit/comfort of a chair or apron. Some day I’ll have to share a
couple photos with y’all (one photo taken two days before I enlisted, the
other taken my first time in uniform the day after “the haircut”),
two absolutely totally different looking people.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Those
were the days, my friend, . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Seeya
round town, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>***********************************<br>
Work like you don't need the money.<br>
Love like you've never been hurt.<br>
Dance like nobody's watching.<br>
<br>
- Author Unknown<br>
***********************************</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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