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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A bobsled team begins a race.

Bobsled Duo

Vonetta Flowers and Army Spc. Jill Bakken power up in the push zone for their 80-mile-per-hour ride down the bobsledding track at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Feb. 19, 2002. Bakken, the driver, and Flowers, the brakeman, won the first gold medal presented in Olympic women's bobsledding in Park City, Utah, Feb. 19, 2002.

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