Austin Gozalez, a fourth-grade student at Clear Creek Elementary School in Shelbyville, Ky., writes a letter to Staff Sgt. Krome Raymond, a Kentucky Air National Guardsman who is deployed to Afghanistan, as Raymond's supervisor, Lt. Col. Armand Bolotte, looks on during a classroom visit Jan. 9, 2014. Gonzalez and his classmates have “adopted” members of the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing for the duration of their deployments, sending them letters and snacks. ( Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Vicky Spesard)

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