Josiah Pickett, tries on his father's patrolman hat outside Beverly City Hall. Beverly Police Patrolman Josh Pickett is a sergeant in the Massachusetts National Guard and is being deployed to Afghanistan for a year. This will be his fourth deployment in his 15 years with the military. Here he poses with his wife, Nancy, who is seven months pregnant and their four-year-old son, Josiah. Photo by Deborah Parker/July 30, 2010

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