NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Cherokee Hill, 19, (L) of the Bronx, hugs her friend Devernier Smith, also 19, just before he takes the Oath of Enlistment to join the US Army April 28, 2009 at Fort Hamilton in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Nearly 8000 local recruits for the military's five service branches are processed through Ft. Hamilton's Military Entrance Processing Station every year, getting medical tests, background checks and taking an oath of allegiance before being sent off to camp for basic training. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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