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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Firefighters from the Boots and Coots Oil Well Firefighting Company use a crane to cap a blazing well in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. The well, situated in the Ahman Oil Fields, is one of many set afire by Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from Kuwait.

Firefighters from the Boots and Coots Oil Well Firefighting Company use a crane to cap a blazing well in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. The well, situated in the Ahman Oil Fields, is one of many set afire by Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from Kuwait.

Firefighters from the Boots and Coots Oil Well Firefighting Company use a crane to cap a blazing well in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. The well, situated in the Ahman Oil Fields, is one of many set afire by Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from Kuwait.

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