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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Janet McWilliams, the first woman to receive a hand transplant, meets with reporters March 3, 2010, at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. McWilliams, who received the transplant Feb. 17, is the 10th person to undergo the procedure in the U.S. and the first to have it done at a Defense Department facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III

Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Janet McWilliams, the first woman to receive a hand transplant, meets with reporters March 3, 2010, at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. McWilliams, who received the transplant Feb. 17, is the 10th person to undergo the procedure in the U.S. and the first to have it done at a Defense Department facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III

Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Janet McWilliams, the first woman to receive a hand transplant, meets with reporters March 3, 2010, at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. McWilliams, who received the transplant Feb. 17, is the 10th person to undergo the procedure in the U.S. and the first to have it done at a Defense Department facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III

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