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A soldier fixes another person’s protective suit during training.

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Army Spc. Joseph D. Howieson, left, seals the seams on the protective suit that Clinton Vandiver wears during training at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Nov. 15, 2023. Howieson is in the DOD SkillBridge program to become an Army civilian engineering technician.

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