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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An older man hugs a man wearing a vest with the words Beijing 2008 Hancock V. USA.

Golden Moment

Team USA shotgun coach Lloyd Woodhouse hugs Army Pfc. Vincent Hancock after the soldier won the Olympic gold medal in the men's skeet competition in Beijing, Aug. 16, 2008. Coach Woodhouse is a retired Air Force chief master sergeant.

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