Lt. Col. Derek Campbell, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment commander, salutes Pvt. Juliet Ayala after presenting her the distinguished honor graduate award during her Basic Combat Training ceremony Sept. 1 at Fort Jackson, Ayala said she enlisted in the Army because of “my older brother. I am living out his dreams because he is sick.”

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