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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An Army door gunner prepares to conduct a test fire with a M240 machine gun from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a mission over southern Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2014.

An Army door gunner prepares to conduct a test fire with a M240 machine gun from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a mission over southern Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2014.

An Army door gunner prepares to conduct a test fire with a M240 machine gun from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a mission over southern Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2014.

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