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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Five soldiers, dressed in combat gear and carrying weapons, walk down a narrow path with buildings on either side.

On Patrol

Then-Army Maj. Okera Anyabwile, right, and other soldiers conduct a patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, during a deployment in 2006.

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