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Not sure of the provenence of this photo, which is making the email forwardings rounds. But, in addition to the F-22 Raptor, I like the view of Fortress Monroe in the background, at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. I like to visit the fort when I’m in the area, to see the casemate in the bastion (to the left of the center one there facing the jet’s cockpit) where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the Civil War. Poet Edgar Allen Poe was an artillerly NCO there before he was famous as a writer of horror stories. Monroe also was the headquarters of the army’s recruiting command, when I was in recruiting back in 1970-71. Recruiting’s HQ has since moved elsewhere.