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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A person wearing an Olympic ski uniform, gloves, a helmet and goggles lunges forward in the air on a pair of skis in the falling snow; snow-covered trees are in the background.

Nordic Combined

Army Sgt. Ben Loomis, a soldier-athlete assigned to the Army World Class Athlete Program, competes in the ski jump portion of the Nordic combined event, which also includes cross-country skiing, at the Winter Olympics in Predazzo, Italy, Feb. 19, 2026. Loomis and teammate Niklas Malacinski finished seventh overall.

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