NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (August 28, 2018) Panagiotis Piperakis, a firefighter assigned to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece Fire & Emergency Services department, wipes down a fire engine during a “wet down ceremony” at the installation fire house, August 27, 2018. A longstanding tradition in the fire service, the “wet-down”, is a ceremonial process in which firefighters officially place into service a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the retiring unit and pushing it into the station. (

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