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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Army Maj. Jill Marie Rahon is earning her Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rahon, a nuclear and countering weapons of mass destruction officer, conducts research to optimize a detection system for use in emerging nuclear fuel cycles as part of her Ph.D. program.

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