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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A water bucket hanging by a rope over water.

Bucket Challenge

Alaska Army National Guardsmen in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter use a water bucket during fire suppression support training near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 16 2019.

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