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U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Will Holmes, left, conducts holographic adaptics optics research with U.S. Military Academy Cadet Richard Carter and Geoff Andersen, at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 22, 2009. Andersen, who is a research associate, teaches cadets and conducts experiments at the Laser and Optics Research Center. Carter is a junior in an exchange unit from West Point and Holmes is a senior at the academy.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Will Holmes, left, conducts holographic adaptics optics research with U.S. Military Academy Cadet Richard Carter and Geoff Andersen, at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 22, 2009. Andersen, who is a research associate, teaches cadets and conducts experiments at the Laser and Optics Research Center. Carter is a junior in an exchange unit from West Point and Holmes is a senior at the academy.

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