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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands to medically evacuate an Afghan commando injured by insurgent small arms fire in the Sar Kani district of Afghanistan's Kunar province on March 7, 2012.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands to medically evacuate an Afghan commando.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands to medically evacuate an Afghan commando injured by insurgent small arms fire in the Sar Kani district of Afghanistan's Kunar province on March 7, 2012.

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