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DJ and Mel Beam, the two people that made SMSgt in DJ's unit this year.

DJ and Mel Beam, the two people that made SMSgt in DJ's unit this year.

DJ and Mel Beam, the two people that made SMSgt in DJ's unit this year, face off. The backstory here is that there is a friendly feud between their flights, so of course they would fight it out.

DJ and Mel Beam, the two people that made SMSgt in DJ's unit this year.

DJ and Mel Beam, the two people that made SMSgt in DJ's unit this year, pose with the people from our unit that volunteered at the event.

Mel is about to walk up to the stage to get her certificate, and DJ is next in line, behind her.

At Squadron PT we did a LudoSport demonstration, which is basically playing with lightsabers. Here, DJ is practicing a high block against the head tap attack by Nick Morehouse.

QB sits on the elliptical, ready to exercise!

QB and Fumble get along ok, but they don't often sleep right next to each other, so this was a moment to capture.

Strangely, just about every single food truck claimed to use 100% organic ingredients in all their food. I doubt that was true. We settled for a couple slices of pizza and saved our appetite for Cheesecake Factory later that night.

We are standing in front of the lake at the middle of the WWII memorial - this was a newer monument that neither of us had seen on our previous trips here.

We stopped to take a picture in front of the Capitol building. DJ had never gotten over to see it before.

We stopped to take a picture of the Capitol building. DJ had never gotten over to see it before.

DJ laid on the ground looking up at Kelley with the Washington Monument in the background for this picture

A view of the Lincoln Memorial and the reflecting pool from the Washington Monument.