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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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Remembering those lost

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. --Cadets from the Purdue University Reserve Officer Training Corps' honor guard fold the flag during a base rededication ceremony held here Sept. 30. The flag folding ceremony is performed by Air Force honor guards around the world to remember those who have fallen in service to their country. The base was rededicated in honor of Lt. Col. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, who lost his life during a training mission aboard Apollo 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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