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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left to right, Army Brig. Gen. Charlie Flynn, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division's operations; Army Col. Patrick Hynes, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. LaMarquis Knowles, the senior enlisted advisor for the 82nd Airborne Division, look over modern day soldier equipment as Hagel tours a Global Response Force unit on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15, 2013.

From left to right, Army Brig. Gen. Charlie Flynn, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division's operations; Army Col. Patrick Hynes, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. LaMarquis Knowles, the senior enlisted advisor for the 82nd Airborne Division, look over modern day soldier equipment as Hagel tours a Global Response Force unit on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15, 2013.

From left to right, Army Brig. Gen. Charlie Flynn, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division's operations; Army Col. Patrick Hynes, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. LaMarquis Knowles, the senior enlisted advisor for the 82nd Airborne Division, look over modern day soldier equipment as Hagel tours a Global Response Force unit on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15, 2013.

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