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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, second from left, takes the command flag as U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph H. Dunford Jr., commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan; German ArGen. Hans-Lothar Domröse, commander of Joint Force Command Brunssum; U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command; and U.S. Army Gen. John F. Campbell look on during the change-of-command ceremony for NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Campbell, former Army vice chief of staff, assumed command from Dunford.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, second from left, takes the command flag as U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph H. Dunford Jr., commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan; German ArGen. Hans-Lothar Domröse, commander of Joint Force Command Brunssum; U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command; and U.S. Army Gen. John F. Campbell look on during the change-of-command ceremony for NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Campbell, former Army vice chief of staff, assumed command from Dunford.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, second from left, takes the command flag as U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph H. Dunford Jr., commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan; German ArGen. Hans-Lothar Domröse, commander of Joint Force Command Brunssum; U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command; and U.S. Army Gen. John F. Campbell look on during the change-of-command ceremony for NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2014. Campbell, former Army vice chief of staff, assumed command from Dunford.

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