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Service members wearing backpacks slap hands while running past each other near a highway.

Just Keep Going

Alaska Air National Guard Col. Matthew Kirby, commander of the 176th Wing Mission Support Group, slaps hands with a fellow competitor during a Norwegian Foot March near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 1, 2025. The 18.6-mile march was designed to reinforce readiness and endurance and bolster morale and camaraderie across the force.

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