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A member of the Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services Decontamination Team is washed down in a decontamination tent as a part of a hazardous material training scenario during Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2012 at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Wash., March 20, 2012. The weeklong series of anti-terrorism and force protection exercises involves Navy installations and activities.

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A member of the Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services Decontamination Team is washed down in a decontamination tent as a part of a hazardous material training scenario during Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2012 at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Wash., March 20, 2012. The weeklong series of anti-terrorism and force protection exercises involves Navy installations and activities.

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