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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ellis E. Russell prepares for takeoff from inside a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. Russell, a crew chief and assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, provided aerial support for British forces with Task Force Helmand during an operation.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ellis E. Russell prepares for takeoff from inside a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. Russell, a crew chief and assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, provided aerial support for British forces with Task Force Helmand during an operation.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ellis E. Russell prepares for takeoff from inside a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. Russell, a crew chief and assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, provided aerial support for British forces with Task Force Helmand during an operation.

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