C. J. Richards, 6, salutes while his aunt, Sgt. Ashley Corey, prepares for deployment to Afghanistan as the Michigan Army National Guard Charlie Company 3/238th General Support Aviation Battalion leaves Grand Ledge, on May 1, 2013. Behind C.J., Corey's mother, Della Corey, comforts Aaryon Johnson, 3, a niece of Sgt. Corey. (Photo by Rod Sanford/The State Journal)
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