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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Airman Ashley Westcott does preventive maintenance to an anti-collision light on a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2009. The aircraft is from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8. The Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

Airman Ashley Westcott does preventive maintenance.

U.S. Navy Airman Ashley Westcott does preventive maintenance to an anti-collision light on a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2009. The aircraft is from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8. The Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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