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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Staff Sgt. Tanner Derosier, a firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., hoists a 45-pound hose up a five-story tower during the two-day regional Firefighter Combat Challenge at the academy's Falcon Stadium on June 27, 2009.

Staff Sgt. Tanner Derosier hoists a 45-pound hose up a five-story tower.

Staff Sgt. Tanner Derosier, a firefighter with the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., hoists a 45-pound hose up a five-story tower during the two-day regional Firefighter Combat Challenge at the academy's Falcon Stadium on June 27, 2009.

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