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A soldier wearing a face mask salutes as others around her in a room do the same.

Texas Salute

Army National Guard Pfc. Tori Stricklin, a human resource specialist assigned to the Texas National Guard’s 176th Engineer Brigade, salutes at the conclusion of a daily briefing at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, April 27, 2020. Stricklin is among the Texas guardsmen who normally serve on a part-time basis but were activated to full-time duty after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their full-time employment.

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