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Maj. Tom Knolmayer drives his team of sled dogs during a training run for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Feb. 27, 2005. Knolmayer, the chief of surgery at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, is the only active-duty military member competing in the race of 79 contestants, scheduled to begin on March 5, 2005. This is Knolmayer's first Iditarod race.

Maj. Tom Knolmayer drives his team of sled dogs.

Maj. Tom Knolmayer drives his team of sled dogs during a training run for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Feb. 27, 2005. Knolmayer, the chief of surgery at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, is the only active-duty military member competing in the race of 79 contestants, scheduled to begin on March 5, 2005. This is Knolmayer's first Iditarod race.

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