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U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Teresa Alonso reacts to seeing her son Adam Alonso in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017. Adam is on leave from basic training during the holidays. He will return to finish in January.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Adam Alonso hugs his mother Teresa Alonso in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017. Adam is on leave from basic training during the holidays. He will return to finish in January.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Teresa Alonso hugs her son Adam Alonso as he talks about his experiences in basic training, in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Adam Alonso shares a laugh with his mother Teresa Alonso after she shows him a photo of him as a kid dressed in military fatigues in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Adam Alonso holds a photo of him as a kid wearing military fatigues in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Adam Alonso rests on a couch at his mother's apartment in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit Adam Alonso
Photos of Adam Alonso are seen in a picture frame on his mother's TV stand at her apartment in Longmont, Colorado on Dec. 19, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)
U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso waits in the stairwell for his mother Teresa Alonso after leaving his apartment in Longmont, Colorado on Aug. 20, 2017. Alonso was headed to the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before heading to basic training.
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U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso loads a bag into his car with a few personal items he will be allowed to take with him to basic training before leaving his apartment in Longmont, Colorado before on Aug. 20, 2017.
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U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso checks to make sure he has his drivers license, social security card and a debit card inside the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before leaving for basic training on Aug. 20, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso gives the keys to his car to his mother Teresa Alonso outside the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before leaving for basic training on Aug. 20, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso's mother Teresa Alonso watches as he is weighed at the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before leaving for basic training on Aug. 20, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso hugs his mother Teresa Alonso outside the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before leaving for basic training on Aug. 20, 2017.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)
U.S. Army Recruit
Adam Alonso talks with his mother Teresa Alonso outside the armed forces recruiting office in Thornton, Colorado before leaving for basic training on Aug. 20, 2017. Adam was telling his mother how to adjust the seat of his car after turning it over to her before he left for basic training.
(Photo by Matthew Jonas/Times-Call)