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KSO Poker Run Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines along with Japanese citizens on Okinawa join together to increase awareness and raise funds for Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)


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KSO Poker Run Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines along with Japanese citizens on Okinawa join together to increase awareness and raise funds for Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)

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Sousei Yamakawa, owner of the house, burns uchikabi, money of the other world, during the last day of Obon in Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. During Obon, a lot of businesses are closed, and many people travel to be with their relatives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
Sousei Yamakawa, owner of the house, prays at the family's butsudan before burning uchikabi, money of the other world, in Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. Obon is an ancestral memorial event where it is a tradition for descendants and family members to spend time together while the spirits of their ancestors come back to visit their family's home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
Sousei Yamakawa, owner of the house, burns uchikabi, money of the other world, while surrounded by relatives in Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. Okinawans invite their ancestral spirits to visit the family's Buddhist altar during this traditional period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
Fourth generation children pray to their ancestors to show them appreciation for protecting them in front of a butsudan at Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. The last day is the most important during Obon. Families will report a year of events to ancestors before sending them off to the other world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
An Okinawan family gives thanks for their health and prays for their safety and happiness in front of a butsudan before sending ancestral spirits back to the other world at Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. Okinawan families believe that during this three-day holiday deceased ancestors are allowed back from the spirit world to visit the homes of their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
Incenses are erected in a censer in front of a butsudan as part of the Obon holiday at Yomitan village, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 28, 2015. Ever since Obon was first celebrated approximately 500 years ago, Okinawans have followed tradition and prayed, dined, sang and danced with the spirits of their ancestors during this annual event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
Capt. Gabriel Brown takes command of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Captain Brown served as the downrange operations director for rescue flights Pedro 83 and 84 while deployed to Afghanistan in the fall of 2010. He and 12 other Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron are being recognized as the recipients of the 2010
Capt. Gabriel Brown takes command of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Captain Brown served as the downrange operations director for rescue flights Pedro 83 and 84 while deployed to Afghanistan in the fall of 2010. He and 12 other Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron are being recognized as the recipients of the 2010
An HH-60G Pave Hawk deployed from the 33rd Rescue Squadron hovers over pararescuemen during a training mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2010. The training mission provided a glimpse of what the 33rd Rescue Squadron brings to the fight and the capabilities it provides to combat commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz and Senior Airman Shaunlee Hostutler)
Airmen deployed from the 33rd Rescue Squadron hoist military personnel onto an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a training mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz and Senior Airman Shaunlee Hostutler)
Staff Sgt. Brandon Hill poses for his portrait as the flight engineer for rescue flight Pedro 83. Sergeant Hill and 12 other Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron are being recognized as the recipients of the 2010
Capt. Marcus Maris, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter pilot, poses in front of his aircraft. Captain Maris and 12 other Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron are being recognized as the recipients of the