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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

People in white dresses, some with bowed heads and one hand over their hearts, hold white flowers while standing near a tree in a cemetery.

A Mother's Love

Gold Star mothers participate in a ceremony to place flowers at the Mother of the Unknown Soldier Memorial Tree at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Sept. 28, 2025. The event was part of the cemetery's annual commemoration of Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day, which honors surviving relatives of service members who died in the line of duty.

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