Hurry Up and Wait

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

A U.S. soldier with Task Force Red Horse leans on baggage, as they wait out side of the customs office to leave Afghanistan at the U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 14, 2011. The first groups of the U.S. soldiers are leaving Afghanistan as President Barack Obama announced last month that he would pull 10,000 of the extra troops out in 2011 and the remaining 23,000 by the summer of 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)