Army Sgt. Marcus Jolivet, a Retention and Recruiting noncommissioned officer with the Army National Guard from Houston, Texas, helps Jolie Standley, an 11-year-old out of Houston, Texas, climb the rock wall at post-run festivities at the Watermelon Run for the Fallen in Hempstead, Texas, Aug. 15, 2015. The Watermelon Run for the Fallen is an annual 5K run that started in 2008 in Fort Irwin, Calif., commemorating service members who have fallen while serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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