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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Omar Nurse, a combat weatherman, uses night vision goggles to conduct a weather observation to ensure visibility and climate matches the main weather sensor data at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

Decision makers at all levels rely on the Air Force’s 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron to provide accurate weather forecasts for military operations.
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Team USA I four-man bobsled Olympic gold medalists Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program driver Steven Holcomb salute their gold-medal performance during the medal ceremony during the 2012 Winter Olympic Games at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, B.C., Canada. Olsen has since joined the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and is in position to accompany Holcomb and Langton as Team USA bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps

Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program are training and competing for spots on the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games U.S. Team.
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Written by Marine Corps Sgt. James Mercure On the ground in Afghanistan Growing up in Russia, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sergey Huber had a rough childhood and knew he had to run away from his abusive father. When he was …
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Wondering what’s up post-shuttle?   Popular Internet vlogger Hank Green of Vlogbrothers gets the straight skinny from Charlie Bolden and others at NASA about the agency’s plans for future human space exploration.

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In the “DoD This Week” podcast for Dec. 30: This week, we revisit the major events of 2010. In January, servicemembers began humanitarian aid in Haiti after the country was devastated by an earthquake; in April, the U.S. Coast Guard …
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