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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marine Corps Sgt. Maurice L. Bease, 24, of Baltimore voices a general message to his old unit at a Compaq recording stand set up in the Pentagon. Bease, now assigned to aviation operations at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington wished the Marine Fighter Attack All Weather Squadron at San Diego well Dec. 6 and said he's confident that they'll handle their mission in Afghanistan. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Marine Corps Sgt. Maurice L. Bease, 24, of Baltimore voices a general message to his old unit at a Compaq recording stand set up in the Pentagon. Bease, now assigned to aviation operations at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington wished the Marine Fighter Attack All Weather Squadron at San Diego well Dec. 6 and said he's confident that they'll handle their mission in Afghanistan. Photo by Rudi Williams.

Marine Corps Sgt. Maurice L. Bease, 24, of Baltimore voices a general message to his old unit at a Compaq recording stand set up in the Pentagon. Bease, now assigned to aviation operations at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington wished the Marine Fighter Attack All Weather Squadron at San Diego well Dec. 6 and said he's confident that they'll handle their mission in Afghanistan. Photo by Rudi Williams.

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