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Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of  two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary  Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011  after Gaeta’s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It ís a time-honored  tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first  off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday,  for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011 after Gaeta’s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It ís a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.

Omar Sobhani/Reuters
An Afghan policeman kept watch over what police said was the body of a  suicide bomber while the targeted U.S. military vehicle was towed away  in Kabul. The suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy near the new  parliament building Friday, the first attack in Kabul in three months.

Omar Sobhani/Reuters

An Afghan policeman kept watch over what police said was the body of a suicide bomber while the targeted U.S. military vehicle was towed away in Kabul. The suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy near the new parliament building Friday, the first attack in Kabul in three months.

Natalia Kolesnicova/AFP/Getty Images
Russian soldiers, part of the honour guard, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

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Russian soldiers, part of the honour guard, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Jonathan M.  Curtis, right, of Belmont, Mass., and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of  Plainfield, Ill. sits at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at  Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The Department of  Defense announced the death of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis and Army  Pfc. Andrew N. Meari who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in  Afghanistan.

Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis, right, of Belmont, Mass., and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of Plainfield, Ill. sits at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The Department of Defense announced the death of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Peter Andrews/Reuters
U.S. military forces carried an Afghan army soldier injured by an  improvised explosive device to a helicopter in Helmand province,  Afghanistan, Wednesday.

Peter Andrews/Reuters

U.S. military forces carried an Afghan army soldier injured by an improvised explosive device to a helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday.

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Amphibious vehicles re-enacted a landing operation Wednesday in the  waters off Incheon, South Korea, that turned the tide in the Korean War.  Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the landing, led by U.S. Army  Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Yang Hoisung/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Amphibious vehicles re-enacted a landing operation Wednesday in the waters off Incheon, South Korea, that turned the tide in the Korean War. Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the landing, led by U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Brennan Linsley/AP Photo
U.S.  Army soldiers from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment  of the 101st Airborne Division, participate in a joint patrol with  Afghan Army soldiers near Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari  district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18,  2010.

Brennan Linsley/AP Photo

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, participate in a joint patrol with Afghan Army soldiers near Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.

Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugged his sons Peyton, 3, and Austin, 2, as  soldiers were reunited with their loved ones at Joint Base Lewis-McChord  in Washington state Wednesday. The soldiers are part of the last  brigade of combat troops that were n Iraq.

Ted S. Warren/Associated Press

U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugged his sons Peyton, 3, and Austin, 2, as soldiers were reunited with their loved ones at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state Wednesday. The soldiers are part of the last brigade of combat troops that were n Iraq.

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darron Wright, deputy commander, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, smokes a cigar after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait, on Aug. 16, 2010, more than seven years after he drove into Iraq during the US invasion. Lt. Col Wright, from Mesquite, Texas, is the deputy commander of the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darron Wright, deputy commander, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, smokes a cigar after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait, on Aug. 16, 2010, more than seven years after he drove into Iraq during the US invasion. Lt. Col Wright, from Mesquite, Texas, is the deputy commander of the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Vanover, from Spanaway, Wash. holds a hand-made message for his family, including his two-month-old daughter, Austin, on Aug. 16, 2010, after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Vanover, from Spanaway, Wash. holds a hand-made message for his family, including his two-month-old daughter, Austin, on Aug. 16, 2010, after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. 

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An American soldier attached a yellow flower to his helmet during a joint patrol with Afghans in the Arghandab valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

An American soldier attached a yellow flower to his helmet during a joint patrol with Afghans in the Arghandab valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Erik S. Lesser/EPA
Watching and listening as President Obama spoke at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta.

Erik S. Lesser/EPA

Watching and listening as President Obama spoke at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta.

Lesya Polyakova/EPA
Former Russian paratroopers arm-wrestled during annual Paratroopers Day  celebrations in St. Petersburg Monday.

Lesya Polyakova/EPA

Former Russian paratroopers arm-wrestled during annual Paratroopers Day celebrations in St. Petersburg Monday.

Cliff Owen/Associated Press
Members of the military held on to their hats, literally, as Air Force One taxied to take off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Cliff Owen/Associated Press

Members of the military held on to their hats, literally, as Air Force One taxied to take off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Brian J. Clark/AP Photo/The  Virginian-Pilot
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of  two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary  Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011  after Gaeta’s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It ís a time-honored  tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first  off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday,  for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.

Brian J. Clark/AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011 after Gaeta’s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It ís a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay.

Omar Sobhani/Reuters
An Afghan policeman kept watch over what police said was the body of a  suicide bomber while the targeted U.S. military vehicle was towed away  in Kabul. The suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy near the new  parliament building Friday, the first attack in Kabul in three months.

Omar Sobhani/Reuters

An Afghan policeman kept watch over what police said was the body of a suicide bomber while the targeted U.S. military vehicle was towed away in Kabul. The suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy near the new parliament building Friday, the first attack in Kabul in three months.

Natalia Kolesnicova/AFP/Getty Images
Russian soldiers, part of the honour guard, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

Natalia Kolesnicova/AFP/Getty Images

Russian soldiers, part of the honour guard, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall in Moscow.

Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Jonathan M.  Curtis, right, of Belmont, Mass., and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of  Plainfield, Ill. sits at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at  Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The Department of  Defense announced the death of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis and Army  Pfc. Andrew N. Meari who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in  Afghanistan.

Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

The transfer cases containing the remains of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis, right, of Belmont, Mass., and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari of Plainfield, Ill. sits at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The Department of Defense announced the death of Army Spc. Jonathan M. Curtis and Army Pfc. Andrew N. Meari who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Peter Andrews/Reuters
U.S. military forces carried an Afghan army soldier injured by an  improvised explosive device to a helicopter in Helmand province,  Afghanistan, Wednesday.

Peter Andrews/Reuters

U.S. military forces carried an Afghan army soldier injured by an improvised explosive device to a helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday.

Yang Hoisung/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Amphibious vehicles re-enacted a landing operation Wednesday in the  waters off Incheon, South Korea, that turned the tide in the Korean War.  Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the landing, led by U.S. Army  Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Yang Hoisung/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Amphibious vehicles re-enacted a landing operation Wednesday in the waters off Incheon, South Korea, that turned the tide in the Korean War. Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the landing, led by U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Brennan Linsley/AP Photo
U.S.  Army soldiers from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment  of the 101st Airborne Division, participate in a joint patrol with  Afghan Army soldiers near Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari  district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18,  2010.

Brennan Linsley/AP Photo

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, participate in a joint patrol with Afghan Army soldiers near Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.

Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugged his sons Peyton, 3, and Austin, 2, as  soldiers were reunited with their loved ones at Joint Base Lewis-McChord  in Washington state Wednesday. The soldiers are part of the last  brigade of combat troops that were n Iraq.

Ted S. Warren/Associated Press

U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugged his sons Peyton, 3, and Austin, 2, as soldiers were reunited with their loved ones at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state Wednesday. The soldiers are part of the last brigade of combat troops that were n Iraq.

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darron Wright, deputy commander, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, smokes a cigar after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait, on Aug. 16, 2010, more than seven years after he drove into Iraq during the US invasion. Lt. Col Wright, from Mesquite, Texas, is the deputy commander of the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darron Wright, deputy commander, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, smokes a cigar after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait, on Aug. 16, 2010, more than seven years after he drove into Iraq during the US invasion. Lt. Col Wright, from Mesquite, Texas, is the deputy commander of the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Vanover, from Spanaway, Wash. holds a hand-made message for his family, including his two-month-old daughter, Austin, on Aug. 16, 2010, after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Vanover, from Spanaway, Wash. holds a hand-made message for his family, including his two-month-old daughter, Austin, on Aug. 16, 2010, after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo
Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. 

Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo

Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there. A U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicle crosses the border from Iraq into Kuwait Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. 

Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images
An American soldier attached a yellow flower to his helmet during a joint patrol with Afghans in the Arghandab valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images

An American soldier attached a yellow flower to his helmet during a joint patrol with Afghans in the Arghandab valley of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Erik S. Lesser/EPA
Watching and listening as President Obama spoke at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta.

Erik S. Lesser/EPA

Watching and listening as President Obama spoke at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta.

Lesya Polyakova/EPA
Former Russian paratroopers arm-wrestled during annual Paratroopers Day  celebrations in St. Petersburg Monday.

Lesya Polyakova/EPA

Former Russian paratroopers arm-wrestled during annual Paratroopers Day celebrations in St. Petersburg Monday.

Cliff Owen/Associated Press
Members of the military held on to their hats, literally, as Air Force One taxied to take off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Cliff Owen/Associated Press

Members of the military held on to their hats, literally, as Air Force One taxied to take off from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

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