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Photo: Cotton Puryear / Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)

The Virginia National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion holds a swearing in ceremony Jan. 19, 2019, during a Liberty University Men’s Basketball Military Appreciation Game in Lynchburg, Virginia. Fifteen new Soldiers who are current LU students and assigned to the Recruit Sustainment Program took the oath of office to officially begin their journey in the Virginia National Guard. For more information about joining, visit http://nationalguard.com/va. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)