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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An aerial view of land shows vast snow-covered plains and mountains.

Barger Antarctic medal

A view from a C-124 Globemaster II shows the white landscape of Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze II in 1956.

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