A resident eats a bowl of posole at the Christmas Day lunch hosted by the city of Albuquerque's Department of Senior Affairs on Wednesday.

Airman First Class Aaron Frank said it felt "a little weird" being away from family during the holidays, eating alone on Christmas Day at the Thunderbird Inn Military Dining Facility on Kirtland Air Force Base.

But Frank knows sacrificing those days of gathering for many families and friends across the country comes with the job as an active-duty service member, a role he coveted since childhood.

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