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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers of the Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team unload a helicopter of humanitarian aid supplies near the village of Janan Kala in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

HUMANITARIAN AID

Soldiers of the Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team unload a helicopter of humanitarian aid supplies near the village of Janan Kala in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

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