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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, listens as Air Force Capt. Erin Gentile, missile combat crew commander, describes her duties as he visits the E-01 Missile Alert Facility and Launch Control Center near Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 9, 2014.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, listens as Air Force Capt. Erin Gentile, missile combat crew commander, describes her duties as he visits the E-01 Missile Alert Facility and Launch Control Center near Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 9, 2014.

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