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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Army Ranger Col. Steve Hoogland chats with cartoonist Bunny Hoest before the send-off ceremony. Hoest's creation, Howard Huge, featured weekly in Parade magazine, is part of the 2004 calendar. The calendars will be sent to more than 600,000 troops serving overseas. Task Force Calendar 04 is sponsored by the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. Photo by K.L. Vantran.

Army Ranger Col. Steve Hoogland chats with cartoonist Bunny Hoest before the send-off ceremony. Hoest's creation, Howard Huge, featured weekly in Parade magazine, is part of the 2004 calendar. The calendars will be sent to more than 600,000 troops serving overseas. Task Force Calendar 04 is sponsored by the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. Photo by K.L. Vantran.

Army Ranger Col. Steve Hoogland chats with cartoonist Bunny Hoest before the send-off ceremony. Hoest's creation, Howard Huge, featured weekly in Parade magazine, is part of the 2004 calendar. The calendars will be sent to more than 600,000 troops serving overseas. Task Force Calendar 04 is sponsored by the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. Photo by K.L. Vantran.

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