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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier holds onto a wooden beam from under it and points a leg out to attempt to go over the next wooden beam in a sequence of inclining beams.

Grip Strength

Army Staff Sgt. Sarah Fortenberry, an operating room tech assigned to the 188th Medical Battalion, hangs under a wooden beam during the obstacle course portion of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2026 Best of the Best competition at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 2, 2026.

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