U.S. Navy recruits got to enjoy the simple things in life, like laughing it up with co-recruits. One recruit said his jaw was hurting from so much laughing, which he hadn't been able to do much during training.

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Navy E-3 Parker Forman is reflected in a desk mirror as he talks to his family in Riverton, Utah.

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Bob Stack explains to recruits about the phone and Internet use available to them at Christian Liberty Academy.

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Navy E-2 Michael Roe, from Waterloo, Iowa, left, said he was excited to have Internet access, just to check the NFL scores from the last month.

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This is the third Christmas the Stack family has spent without their son, who died in Afghanistan, but this year the Arlington Heights family spent Christmas making the day brighter for a group of Navy recruits from Great Lakes Naval Station. "It was so wonderful to see their enthusiasm," said Linda Stack. "This has always been a day for family and they are part of our family now."

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