 
Blood, sweat, tears
Senior Airmen Billy Degraffenreid shows the cut to his hands he incurred while performing in a U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performance April 13, 2013, at the National Mall, Washington, D.C. Degraffenreid is a senior member of the Drill Team and mangaged to a catch an incorrectly tossed M-1 Garand rifle at the bayonet, successfully completing the drill in front of a cheering audience at the National Cherry Blossom Festival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander W. Riedel)
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Posted: 4/14/2013
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Cornered by bayonets
First Lt. Michael Lemorie is surrounded by the bayonets of fellow U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team members April 13, 2013, at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. As the Drill Team's flight commander, Lemorie often places himself in the middle of dangerous group movements and rifle exchanges to represent the trust Air Force officer have in the Airmen they lead. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Riedel)
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Posted: 4/14/2013
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Spinning Rifles
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team spin their M-1 Garand rifle during a performance April 13, 2013, at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. The Drill Team members can spin their rifles in speeds of more than forty miles per hour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander Riedel)
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Spinning Rifles
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Posted: 4/14/2013
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Dangerous throw well performed
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team throw their rifles during the joint service drill team exhibition April 13, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Drill teams from all four branches of the U.S. armed forces and the U.S. Coast Guard displayed their skills at the event that celebrated U.S. military heritage at the National Cherry Blossom Festival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander W. Riedel)
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Posted: 4/14/2013
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Taking a bow
The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team competes during the joint service drill team exhibition April 13, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Drill teams from all four branches of the U.S. armed forces and the U.S. Coast Guard displayed their skills at the event that celebrated U.S. military heritage at the National Cherry Blossom Festival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alexander W. Riedel)
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Taking a bow
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Posted: 4/14/2013
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2013 Military Child of the Year honorees
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and Jim Knotts pose with Military Child of the Year honorees, from left to right, Alexander Ray Burch, Navy; Abigail MaryRose Perdew, Marine Corps; Amanda Wimmersberg, Coast Guard; Nicole Marie Daly, Army and Mark Michael Newberry, Air Force at the 5th Annual Military Child of the Year Awards Gala hosted by Operation Homefront at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington, Va., April 11, 2013. Dempsey is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Knotts is the president and chief executive officer of Operation Homefront. (DOD photo/U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega)
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Posted: 4/12/2013
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Tuition Assistance
Mr. Russell Frasz, Air Force force development director, speaks on Air Force tuition assistance being restarted, effective, April 10, 2013. The Air Force will reinstate TA for the rest of Fiscal Year 2013. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for tuition assistance to continue in the current fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie)
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Posted: 4/10/2013
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A Day in the Air Force
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Alexander and Airmen 1st Class Nicholas Dudley perform a
post maintenance inspection on an F-22 Raptor Aces II Ejection Seat prior to
installing the component in the aircraft March 29, 2013, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Alexander and Dudley are aircrew egress systems technicians assigned to the 15th Maintenance Squadron. Both Airmen are members of the Hawaii Air National Guard. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 4/9/2013
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Deployed Airmen
Senior Airman Austin Stoker replenishes a .50-caliber machine gun after a training mission in Afghanistan, March 11, 2013. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
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Posted: 4/9/2013
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enlisted legislative fellow
Senior Master Sgt. Lavor Kirkpatrick, from the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., has been selected as only the second enlisted legislative fellow. (Photo courtesy Beale AFB public affairs)
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Posted: 4/8/2013
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A day in Air Force life
Tech. Sgt. Nancy Wellman prepares to administer a summative test to member of Spartan flight March 29, 2013, at the Kisling NCO Academy at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. All Airmen must successfully complete NCO academy before they can assume the rank of master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nancy Wellman)
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Posted: 4/7/2013
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A day in Air Force life
Calvin (left) and Noah (right) Wellman, walk their one-year-old sister, Averi , to the Child Development Center March 29, 2013, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Wellman children’s parents are both active-duty Airmen. Many service members with children take advantage of childcare services on base such as the CDC while they work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nick Wellman)
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Posted: 4/7/2013
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