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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left to right, U.S. Army Spc. Steven Quinata, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rodney Retuyan and U.S. Army Spcs. Anthony Cruz, Michael Brown and Michael Manley sit inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as they wait to depart Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013. They represent the last of about 600 soldiers who completed their mission for Operation Enduring Freedom. The C-17 crew honored the soldiers by draping the Guam flag above them. Quinata, Retuyan, Cruz, Brown, and Manley are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

From left to right, U.S. Army Spc. Steven Quinata, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rodney Retuyan and U.S. Army Spcs. Anthony Cruz, Michael Brown and Michael Manley sit inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as they wait to depart Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013. They represent the last of about 600 soldiers who completed their mission for Operation Enduring Freedom. The C-17 crew honored the soldiers by draping the Guam flag above them. Quinata, Retuyan, Cruz, Brown, and Manley are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

From left to right, U.S. Army Spc. Steven Quinata, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rodney Retuyan and U.S. Army Spcs. Anthony Cruz, Michael Brown and Michael Manley sit inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as they wait to depart Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2013. They represent the last of about 600 soldiers who completed their mission for Operation Enduring Freedom. The C-17 crew honored the soldiers by draping the Guam flag above them. Quinata, Retuyan, Cruz, Brown, and Manley are assigned to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard.

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