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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An older man and a woman in a pilot uniform stand beside each other.

Marine Veteran

Air Force Maj. Gen. Sherrie McCandless, the D.C. National Guard commanding general, stands beside her grandfather, Ted Below, a World War II Marine veteran who served from 1942-1945 and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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