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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Gropp waits for his fire team to conduct a live-fire exercise with U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers on Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, May 26, 2014. Gropp, a rifleman, is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Gropp waits for his fire team to conduct a live-fire exercise with U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers on Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, May 26, 2014. Gropp, a rifleman, is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Gropp waits for his fire team to conduct a live-fire exercise with U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers on Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, May 26, 2014. Gropp, a rifleman, is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin.

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