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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Seaman Andrea Hackett, assigned to the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, shakes hands with the son of the former president, Michael Reagan, during Navy Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., Aug. 23. The racetrack opened its gates to the sailors who returned from a six-month deployment just six weeks ago. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

U.S. Navy Seaman Andrea Hackett, assigned to the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, shakes hands with the son of the former president, Michael Reagan, during Navy Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., Aug. 23. The racetrack opened its gates to the sailors who returned from a six-month deployment just six weeks ago. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

U.S. Navy Seaman Andrea Hackett, assigned to the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, shakes hands with the son of the former president, Michael Reagan, during Navy Day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., Aug. 23. The racetrack opened its gates to the sailors who returned from a six-month deployment just six weeks ago. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

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