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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. paratroopers synchronize their radios on Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012, before leaving on a partnered, three-day clearing operation in a remote mountain village in Ghazni province.

U.S. paratroopers synchronize their radios on Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012, before leaving on a partnered, three-day clearing operation in a remote mountain village in Ghazni province.

U.S. paratroopers synchronize their radios on Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012, before leaving on a partnered, three-day clearing operation in a remote mountain village in Ghazni province.

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