Retired Army Lt. Col. James Desjardin (left), of Cocoa Beach, Fla., embraces his son, Austin, after pinning the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulders at the fall Reserve Officers' Training Corps commissioning ceremony at Clemson University, Dec. 16, 2015. Second Lt. Desjardin will be stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as an Army nurse for his first assignment. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)

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