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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Rachel Blouch, left, a 21st-century version of World War II’s “Rosie the Riveter” and the wife of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Blouch, is among workers at Force Protection Industries building mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in Ladson, S.C., Jan. 18, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

Rachel Blouch, left, a 21st-century version of World War II’s “Rosie the Riveter” and the wife of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Blouch, is among workers at Force Protection Industries building mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in Ladson, S.C., Jan. 18, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

Rachel Blouch, left, a 21st-century version of World War II’s “Rosie the Riveter” and the wife of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bradley Blouch, is among workers at Force Protection Industries building mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles in Ladson, S.C., Jan. 18, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

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