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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Franklin, right foreground, prepares to board a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter after completing desert and coastline combat survival training in Djibouti, Dec. 6, 2013. Franklin, a pilot, is assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Franklin, right foreground, prepares to board a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter after completing desert and coastline combat survival training in Djibouti, Dec. 6, 2013. Franklin, a pilot, is assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Franklin, right foreground, prepares to board a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter after completing desert and coastline combat survival training in Djibouti, Dec. 6, 2013. Franklin, a pilot, is assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

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