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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., right, surveys a drop zone with Indonesian army Lt. Gen. Munir, left, before a partnered airborne operation during exercise Garuda Shield 2013 bilateral training in West Java, Indonesia, June 18, 2013. Nicholson is the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., right, surveys a drop zone with Indonesian army Lt. Gen. Munir, left, before a partnered airborne operation during exercise Garuda Shield 2013 bilateral training in West Java, Indonesia, June 18, 2013. Nicholson is the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., right, surveys a drop zone with Indonesian army Lt. Gen. Munir, left, before a partnered airborne operation during exercise Garuda Shield 2013 bilateral training in West Java, Indonesia, June 18, 2013. Nicholson is the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division.

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