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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Several people carry a large, foldable rubber bucket.

Bucket Brigade

Army Spc. Kia Xiong, front, guides a 2,000-gallon water bucket into a CH-47 Chinook in Anderson, Calif., July 30, 2018. The California Guard are helping to fight the Carr Fire. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza

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