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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. troops wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter to land before moving a simulated casualty during medical evacuation training on Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. The troops are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. troops wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter to land before moving a simulated casualty during medical evacuation training on Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. The troops are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. troops wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter to land before moving a simulated casualty during medical evacuation training on Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2013. The troops are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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