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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A child looks through the eyepiece on a piece of equipment.

Colonel for a Day

An aimen assists Quinn Cogan as he looks into the eyepiece of the parachute trainer at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec. 3, 2018. Cogan, a cancer patient, was treated to a tour of the base while he played colonel for a day.

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