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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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Female soldiers assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion conduct pre-mobilization training Aug. 10, 2012. The battalion deployed to Afghanistan in October 2012. (New York Army National Guard Courtesy photo)

Women will be able to fill 350 positions in the New York Army National Guard’s four combat battalions.
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Photo: Air Force crews offload Southern California Edison power repair equipment from a C-5 Galaxy on Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2012. The Defense Department initiated the airlift operation to aid recovery efforts in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo

Air Force crews offload Southern California Edison power repair equipment from a C-5 Galaxy on Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y.
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When Spc. Evrett Williams enlisted in the Army Reserves, he joined a long line of family members before him served their country in uniform, including two grandfathers in World War I and World War II and a brother in Iraq. …
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