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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. looks over an F-18F Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 32, which bears his name on one side and Ensign Jesse Brown, the pilot Hudner tried to rescue, on the other side on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. looks over an F-18F Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 32, which bears his name on one side and Ensign Jesse Brown, the pilot Hudner tried to rescue, on the other side on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt.Thomas Hudner Jr. looks over an F-18F Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 32, which bears his name on one side and Ensign Jesse Brown, the pilot Hudner tried to rescue, on the other side on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 4, 2014.

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