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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marines prepare to exit a desert compound during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013.

U.S. Marines prepare to exit a desert compound during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013.

U.S. Marines prepare to exit a desert compound during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013.

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