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Col. Mark Preston, at podium, addresses Guardsmen and students as the New Jersey National Guard joined forces with Acting New Jersey Education Commissioner Chris Cerf in collecting letters during a "Holiday Greetings to the U.S. Military" school assembly at Greenwood Elementary School in Hamilton Township, N.J. on Dec. 16, 2011. The New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran Affairs and the New Jersey Department of Education collected more than 125,000 holiday cards from New Jersey students for members of the United States military as part of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's "Season of Service". Photo by Mark C. Olsen, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Public Affairs

Ziti for Zaka

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Misty Digangi, left, serves 1st Lt. Zaka McCoy during the 14th Annual Unity Day Celebration, a "Salute to the Flags of the World", at Joint Force Headquarters located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst June 14, 2012. Unity Day is held to enhance cross-cultural awareness and promote harmony among all members of the NJNG by celebrating the ethnic and cultural diversity of the organization through educational displays, music, entertainment, food sampling and competitions. In addition, a blood drive and a bone marrow registration were held. Photo by Mark C. Olsen, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Public Affairs

Bombs away

The 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit joined forces with 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard and the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst for their annual munitions clearance at Warren Grove Range May 29 to June 1, 2012. They performed a controlled detonation to make the more than 12 tons of practice bombs safe for later reclamation. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Drop in

The 1-150th Helicopter Assault Battalion assists West Point Cadets rappel from a Black Hawk at the U. S. Military Academy, N.Y. on June 14, 2012. Three Black Hawks provided the aerial support as cadets in groups of four rappelled from more than 80 feet in the air on to the practice field at West Point. Photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Public Affairs


 

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