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A member of the Brooklyn Brumbies Rugby Club takes the pull-up challenge while attending the Minnesota Amateur Rugby Foundation Tournament June 4 at the National Sports Center. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

A member of the Brooklyn Brumbies Rugby Club takes the pull-up challenge while attending the Minnesota Amateur Rugby Foundation Tournament June 4 at the National Sports Center. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Hundreds of local residents visited Veterans Memorial Park May 30 to honor the memory of service members listed on the Honoring All Veterans Memorial and those serving at home and abroad today. The memorial’s centerpiece is a bronze bust of Iwo Jima flag-raiser and former Richfield, Minn., resident Cpl. Charles "Chuck" W. Lindberg. Four granite tablets, each with 120 veterans' names, have been erected near the bronze statue. A fifth tablet is in the process of being filled with names and the site will continue to grow as additional service members are added. For more photos of the memorial, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincites.

Hundreds of local residents visited Veterans Memorial Park May 30 to honor the memory of service members listed on the Honoring All Veterans Memorial and those serving at home and abroad today. The memorial’s centerpiece is a bronze bust of Iwo Jima flag-raiser and former Richfield, Minn., resident Cpl. Charles "Chuck" W. Lindberg. Four granite tablets, each with 120 veterans' names, have been erected near the bronze statue. A fifth tablet is in the process of being filled with names and the site will continue to grow as additional service members are added. For more photos of the memorial, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincites.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Instead of teaming with activity and overflowing with cars, nearly 6,000 names of service members killed during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom were written and the ground as part of the Empty Parking Lot Project May 27. A handful of students started the project at 4:00 p.m., on Thursday and finished around 5:30 a.m., the following morning after snatching up all of the chalk from every store in Hudson, Wis. Event coordinator Ben Peters even had to make an extra trip to Woodbury, Minn., at 11:00 p.m., to buy additional supplies. Overall, students spent more than $100 on chalk to complete the project. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Instead of teaming with activity and overflowing with cars, nearly 6,000 names of service members killed during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom were written and the ground as part of the Empty Parking Lot Project May 27. A handful of students started the project at 4:00 p.m., on Thursday and finished around 5:30 a.m., the following morning after snatching up all of the chalk from every store in Hudson, Wis. Event coordinator Ben Peters even had to make an extra trip to Woodbury, Minn., at 11:00 p.m., to buy additional supplies. Overall, students spent more than $100 on chalk to complete the project. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Hudson High School's entire student body returns to class after the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Six years ago, Cory Caitlin Peters spearheaded the event by challenging community members to step out of their comfort zone and go one day without driving to school in recognition of the freedoms service members have fought to preserve. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Hudson High School's entire student body returns to class after the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Six years ago, Cory Caitlin Peters spearheaded the event by challenging community members to step out of their comfort zone and go one day without driving to school in recognition of the freedoms service members have fought to preserve. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Faculty members and the entire student body gather outside of Hudson High School for the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.::r::::n::

Faculty members and the entire student body gather outside of Hudson High School for the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.::r::::n::

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Hudson High School's entire student body watches members from American Legion Post 50 present the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury also attended the gathering. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Hudson High School's entire student body watches members from American Legion Post 50 present the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury also attended the gathering. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Faculty and students from Hudson High School watch four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury salute the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Faculty and students from Hudson High School watch four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury salute the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Sgt. Henry L. Freisner, Recruiting Substation Burnsville, and Capt. Jason H. Quehl present Luke G. Ritter, an 18-year-old senior, with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Scholarship following New Prague High School's Scholarship and Honors Night May 25. Ritter's parents, Julie and Mark, were among the dozens of local residents who attended the ceremony. Freisner, 25, from Granby, Mo., enlisted Ritter into the Delayed Entry Program on June 1, 2010. He will be attending the University of Minnesota in the Fall.

Sgt. Henry L. Freisner, Recruiting Substation Burnsville, and Capt. Jason H. Quehl present Luke G. Ritter, an 18-year-old senior, with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Scholarship following New Prague High School's Scholarship and Honors Night May 25. Ritter's parents, Julie and Mark, were among the dozens of local residents who attended the ceremony. Freisner, 25, from Granby, Mo., enlisted Ritter into the Delayed Entry Program on June 1, 2010. He will be attending the University of Minnesota in the Fall.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin (center) and his fellow Marines look over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin (center) and his fellow Marines look over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Photo by Cpl. David Rogers

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin looks over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin looks over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Photo by Cpl. David Rogers

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin stands in the bedroom of his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin stands in the bedroom of his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Photo by Cpl. David Rogers

Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City patch up a fellow Marine's roof May 23 after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. the night before.

Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City patch up a fellow Marine's roof May 23 after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. the night before.

Photo by Cpl. David Rogers

Maj. Thomas McGee finds a ladder among debris so that he and others can begin patching one of his Marine's roof May 23 after it was damaged by a tornado that ripped through Joplin the night before. McGee is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Maj. Thomas McGee finds a ladder among debris so that he and others can begin patching one of his Marine's roof May 23 after it was damaged by a tornado that ripped through Joplin the night before. McGee is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Kansas City.

Photo by Cpl. David Rogers

Recruiting Substation Woodbury's Staff Sgt. Scott B. Cole, 29, from Prior Lake, Minn., lunges for Staff Sgt. Jeremy G. Johnson during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Johnson, 28, from Purvis, Miss., is a military entrance processing station liaison in Minneapolis. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Recruiting Substation Woodbury's Staff Sgt. Scott B. Cole, 29, from Prior Lake, Minn., lunges for Staff Sgt. Jeremy G. Johnson during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Johnson, 28, from Purvis, Miss., is a military entrance processing station liaison in Minneapolis. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Lance Cpl. James M. Pinales, 23, from St. Louis, tries to slow down Sgt. Brandon C. Stott, Recruiting Substation Coon Rapids, until one of his teammates can catch up during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Stott is a 26-year-old Palm Beach, Fla., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Lance Cpl. James M. Pinales, 23, from St. Louis, tries to slow down Sgt. Brandon C. Stott, Recruiting Substation Coon Rapids, until one of his teammates can catch up during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Stott is a 26-year-old Palm Beach, Fla., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Staff Sgt. David M. Simons, Recruiting Substation Bismarck, tries to warn Staff Sgt. Chad A. Irwin, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, before Staff Sgt. Larry C. Kemp, Recruiting Station Twin Cities logistics chief, arrives and stops the play during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Irwin, 30, is from Sioux City, Iowa, and Kemp is a 34-year-old Flint, Mich., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Staff Sgt. David M. Simons, Recruiting Substation Bismarck, tries to warn Staff Sgt. Chad A. Irwin, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, before Staff Sgt. Larry C. Kemp, Recruiting Station Twin Cities logistics chief, arrives and stops the play during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Irwin, 30, is from Sioux City, Iowa, and Kemp is a 34-year-old Flint, Mich., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Sgt. Jonathan B. Ebsen, Recruiting Substation Sioux Falls, collides with Master Sgt. Timothy W. Allen, Recruiting Substation Fargo, during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Ebsen, 26, is from Milbank, S.D. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Sgt. Jonathan B. Ebsen, Recruiting Substation Sioux Falls, collides with Master Sgt. Timothy W. Allen, Recruiting Substation Fargo, during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Ebsen, 26, is from Milbank, S.D. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Staff Sgt. Gary L. McCoy, Recruiting Substation St. Cloud, watches Sgt. Nicholas K. Metcalf, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, drive toward an open lane during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. McCoy is 25-year-old Tulelake, Calif., native and Metcalf, 25, is from Kenyon, Minn. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Staff Sgt. Gary L. McCoy, Recruiting Substation St. Cloud, watches Sgt. Nicholas K. Metcalf, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, drive toward an open lane during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. McCoy is 25-year-old Tulelake, Calif., native and Metcalf, 25, is from Kenyon, Minn. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Recruiting Sub-station Fort Wayne North, Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., poses for a photo as the first place winners with Maj. Lance Langfeldt, commanding officer, RS Indianapolis, at the end of the State Wide, May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

Recruiting Sub-station Fort Wayne North, Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., poses for a photo as the first place winners with Maj. Lance Langfeldt, commanding officer, RS Indianapolis, at the end of the State Wide, May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

Photo by Sgt. Jose Nava

Enlistees from Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., pull on a rope for the tug-o-war portion of the State Wide competion May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

Enlistees from Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., pull on a rope for the tug-o-war portion of the State Wide competion May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

Photo by Sgt. Jose Nava

A member of the Brooklyn Brumbies Rugby Club takes the pull-up challenge while attending the Minnesota Amateur Rugby Foundation Tournament June 4 at the National Sports Center. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Hundreds of local residents visited Veterans Memorial Park May 30 to honor the memory of service members listed on the Honoring All Veterans Memorial and those serving at home and abroad today. The memorial’s centerpiece is a bronze bust of Iwo Jima flag-raiser and former Richfield, Minn., resident Cpl. Charles "Chuck" W. Lindberg. Four granite tablets, each with 120 veterans' names, have been erected near the bronze statue. A fifth tablet is in the process of being filled with names and the site will continue to grow as additional service members are added. For more photos of the memorial, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincites.

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Instead of teaming with activity and overflowing with cars, nearly 6,000 names of service members killed during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom were written and the ground as part of the Empty Parking Lot Project May 27. A handful of students started the project at 4:00 p.m., on Thursday and finished around 5:30 a.m., the following morning after snatching up all of the chalk from every store in Hudson, Wis. Event coordinator Ben Peters even had to make an extra trip to Woodbury, Minn., at 11:00 p.m., to buy additional supplies. Overall, students spent more than $100 on chalk to complete the project. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Hudson High School's entire student body returns to class after the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Six years ago, Cory Caitlin Peters spearheaded the event by challenging community members to step out of their comfort zone and go one day without driving to school in recognition of the freedoms service members have fought to preserve. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Faculty members and the entire student body gather outside of Hudson High School for the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.::r::::n::

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Hudson High School's entire student body watches members from American Legion Post 50 present the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. Four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury also attended the gathering. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Faculty and students from Hudson High School watch four Marines with Recruiting Substation Woodbury salute the Colors during the Empty Parking Lot Project ceremony May 27, an event dedicated to honoring all service members, past and present. To show their appreciation and recognize the sacrifices made by men and women serving at home and abroad, students emptied the school's parking lot by walking, riding bikes or taking the bus to school. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Sgt. Henry L. Freisner, Recruiting Substation Burnsville, and Capt. Jason H. Quehl present Luke G. Ritter, an 18-year-old senior, with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Scholarship following New Prague High School's Scholarship and Honors Night May 25. Ritter's parents, Julie and Mark, were among the dozens of local residents who attended the ceremony. Freisner, 25, from Granby, Mo., enlisted Ritter into the Delayed Entry Program on June 1, 2010. He will be attending the University of Minnesota in the Fall.

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Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin (center) and his fellow Marines look over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

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Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin looks over his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

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Staff Sgt. Neville Shiwdin stands in the bedroom of his family's home in Joplin, Mo. May 23 after it's destruction by a tornado the night before. During the tornado, Shiwdin struggled to keep the door closed on their home's closet where he, his wife and kids took shelter. Shiwdin is a recruiter at Recruiting Sub Station Joplin, Recruiting Station Kansas City.

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Marines of Recruiting Station Kansas City patch up a fellow Marine's roof May 23 after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. the night before.

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Maj. Thomas McGee finds a ladder among debris so that he and others can begin patching one of his Marine's roof May 23 after it was damaged by a tornado that ripped through Joplin the night before. McGee is the commanding officer of Recruiting Station Kansas City.

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Recruiting Substation Woodbury's Staff Sgt. Scott B. Cole, 29, from Prior Lake, Minn., lunges for Staff Sgt. Jeremy G. Johnson during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Johnson, 28, from Purvis, Miss., is a military entrance processing station liaison in Minneapolis. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Lance Cpl. James M. Pinales, 23, from St. Louis, tries to slow down Sgt. Brandon C. Stott, Recruiting Substation Coon Rapids, until one of his teammates can catch up during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Stott is a 26-year-old Palm Beach, Fla., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Staff Sgt. David M. Simons, Recruiting Substation Bismarck, tries to warn Staff Sgt. Chad A. Irwin, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, before Staff Sgt. Larry C. Kemp, Recruiting Station Twin Cities logistics chief, arrives and stops the play during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Irwin, 30, is from Sioux City, Iowa, and Kemp is a 34-year-old Flint, Mich., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Sgt. Jonathan B. Ebsen, Recruiting Substation Sioux Falls, collides with Master Sgt. Timothy W. Allen, Recruiting Substation Fargo, during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Ebsen, 26, is from Milbank, S.D. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Staff Sgt. Gary L. McCoy, Recruiting Substation St. Cloud, watches Sgt. Nicholas K. Metcalf, Recruiting Substation Eau Claire, drive toward an open lane during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. McCoy is 25-year-old Tulelake, Calif., native and Metcalf, 25, is from Kenyon, Minn. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

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Recruiting Sub-station Fort Wayne North, Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., poses for a photo as the first place winners with Maj. Lance Langfeldt, commanding officer, RS Indianapolis, at the end of the State Wide, May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

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Enlistees from Recruiting Station Indianapolis, Ind., pull on a rope for the tug-o-war portion of the State Wide competion May 14, 2011. The State Wide is a annual competition between the sub-stations of RS Indianapolis.

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