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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Ensign Lisa A. Peterson, 25, checks the throat of a mannequin patient simulator with the help of Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Laudie. Air Force 2nd Lt. Jared Chugg watches the procedure. The three are training in the mock operating room of a virtual reality lab at the National Capital Area Medical Simulation Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Annex, in Forest Glen, Md. They're third- year medical students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in nearby Bethesda, Md. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Navy Ensign Lisa A. Peterson, 25, checks the throat of a mannequin patient simulator with the help of Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Laudie. Air Force 2nd Lt. Jared Chugg watches the procedure. The three are training in the mock operating room of a virtual reality lab at the National Capital Area Medical Simulation Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Annex, in Forest Glen, Md. They're third- year medical students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in nearby Bethesda, Md. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Navy Ensign Lisa A. Peterson, 25, checks the throat of a mannequin patient simulator with the help of Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Laudie. Air Force 2nd Lt. Jared Chugg watches the procedure. The three are training in the mock operating room of a virtual reality lab at the National Capital Area Medical Simulation Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Annex, in Forest Glen, Md. They're third- year medical students of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in nearby Bethesda, Md. Photo by Rudi Williams.

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