Jaime Montes hugs his father, Mario Montes, just before getting onto a shuttle Dec. 10 in Rifle. The shuttle was taking Jamie to Denver, where he would get on a plane to go to basic training. Jaime has signed a six-year contract to be an aerial gunner on a C-130 in the United States Air Force.

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