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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier drags a stretcher away from a plume of pink smoke.

Stretcher Pull

Army Spc. Walter Galdamez, assigned to U.S. Army Medical Department Activity-Bavaria, pulls a simulated injured soldier on a Sked stretcher during the Regional Health Command Europe Best Medic competition. Galdamez was one-half of the team that earned the Best Medic title.

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