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A Virginia National Guardsman use a high-powered cutting tool to cut through a concrete block searching for simulated survivors during the Sovereign Guardian 2016 exercise at the Washington Fire and EMS Training Academy in Wash., D.C., Feb. 24, 2016. Virginia National Guard photo by Alfred Puryear

Breaking Through

A Virginia National Guardsman use a high-powered cutting tool to cut through a concrete block searching for simulated survivors during the Sovereign Guardian 2016 exercise at the Washington Fire and EMS Training Academy in Wash., D.C., Feb. 24, 2016. Virginia National Guard photo by Alfred Puryear

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