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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Coalition forces pull security for the safety of the pilots and team of an MI-17 helicopter as it leaves the Gulistan district in Farah province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2009.

FARAH FORCES

Coalition forces pull security for the safety of the pilots and team of an MI-17 helicopter as it leaves the Gulistan district in Farah province, Afghanistan, April 12, 2009.

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