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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sailors raise an American flag over the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The flag flew Sept. 18 in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack at the Pentagon. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Command, is scheduled to carry the flag to Washington and present it to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on behalf of the men and women serving in the Pacific theater. U.S. Pacific Command Photo.

Sailors raise an American flag over the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The flag flew Sept. 18 in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack at the Pentagon. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Command, is scheduled to carry the flag to Washington and present it to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on behalf of the men and women serving in the Pacific theater. U.S. Pacific Command Photo.

Sailors raise an American flag over the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The flag flew Sept. 18 in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack at the Pentagon. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Command, is scheduled to carry the flag to Washington and present it to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on behalf of the men and women serving in the Pacific theater. U.S. Pacific Command Photo.

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