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RUNNING LAPS

U.S. sailors run laps around the ship during physical training aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Jan. 5, 2012. The sailors are assigned to the 1st Class Petty Officer Mess and the Chief’s Mess. The Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Armando Gonzales

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OBAMA NOMINEES

President Barack Obama announces his nominations of Chuck Hagel, second from left, as the next defense secretary and John Brennan, far right, as the next CIA director as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, far left, looks on at the White House, Jan. 7, 2013. Hagel, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska, earned two Purple Hearts as an infantry squad leader during the Vietnam War, and Brennan is the deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

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Air Support - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Travis M. Barnes provides close-air support over Afghanistan's Helmand province, Nov. 8, 2012. Barnes is assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo

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ROOFTOP SECURITY

From the rooftop at the site of a meeting with provincial leaders, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Schulte uses his weapon's optic lens to scan for security threats in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2013. Schulte is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives

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SUNSET STATOMETER

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Albert Zaloga uses a statometer aboard the guided-missile cruiser the USS Mobile Bay before a replenishment at sea in the U.S. 5the Fleet area of responsibility, Dec. 28, 2012. The Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Armando Gonzales

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HOWITZER HAUL

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions lifts M777 howitzers over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2012. U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing provided aerial support by repositioning the howitzers to Camp Dwyer. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo

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Night Contact - U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Drew Parks communicates with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crew during Operation Spartan Shield in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

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Apache Flares - An AH-64 Apache helicopter releases flares over a valley to support coalition special operations forces and Afghan soldiers during a firefight near Nawa Garay village in the Kajran district of Afghanistan's Daykundi province, April 3, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Dillon

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U.S. Navy Seaman Kenia Palacio signals to the aircrew of an EA-18G Growler as it taxis off the flightline on Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan, Dec. 28, 2012. Palacio is an aviation machinist's mate airman assigned tthe line division of Electronic Attack Squadron 132, which is on a six-month deployment on the naval facility to support the U.S. 7th Fleet. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth G. Takada

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U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), land at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2012. HMLA-169 conducted Operation Aero Hunter in Southern Helmand. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo

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Members of the U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force" take a photo with audience members on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michelle Hooper plays the accordion during a performance for the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. Hooper, a musician, is assigned to the U.S. Air Forces Central Band "Total Force." U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

My Comment: A small confession .... when I was young and growing up in Russia I did not only play the piano and guitar, but I was also a professional accordion player and yes .... I did play in a few military halls. So when I see a U.S. soldier playing an accordion .... and a woman at that .... it is a guaranteed 'picture of the day'.

Sighhh .... the memories .... makes me want to pull out the old squeeze box and see if I still 'have it'.

Update: I still have it.

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MISSING MAN

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors perform the missing man formation above the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Dec. 23, 2012, to honor U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, a World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient from Hawaii who died Dec. 17. The Raptors are assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron Hawaii Air National Guard and the 19th Fighter Squadron Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

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My Comment: Everyone needs a refuelling.

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Air Force crew chiefs conduct pre-flight checks during a mission employment phase exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 7, 2012. The crew chiefs are assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The phase is the capstone, graduation exercise conducted by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman

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SHIP-TO-SHORE

Marines watch the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of Onslow Beach in Camp Lejeune, N.C., as Marines and sailors conduct ship-to-shore operations, Dec. 18, 2012. About 2,300 Marines and sailors returned home after being deployed for nine months as an expeditionary crisis response force with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim

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Coalition force members engage insurgents during an Afghan-led security patrol in Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau

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BLACKHAWKS' FLIGHT

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly to Kandahar, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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Air Force Airman First Class Colton Burnett carries wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Dec. 15, 2012. Colton is assigned to the 11th Civil Engineering Squadron at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Thousands of other volunteers helped place 110,000 wreaths at the graves of fallen service members as part of the annual Wreaths Across America event. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks with Colonel Christopher Craige, commander, 39th Air Base Wing, and Chief Master Sgt. Judge, 39th Air Base Wing command chief at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Dec 13, 2012. It was the last stop on the secretary's four-day trip to visit service members in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Turkey. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo

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RED WINGS

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits the Atlantic Ocean en route to homeport in Norfolk, Va, in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 10, 2012. The Dwight D. Eisenhower is returning from a deployment in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan D. McLearnon