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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier assigned to the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as the “The Old Guard,” guides Christopher Clay, a U.S. Navy Sea cadet, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Lockwood, assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 7, 2014. The wreath, placed in honor of service members killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 73 years ago, was sponsored by the Naval Order of the United States.

A soldier assigned to the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as the “The Old Guard,” guides Christopher Clay, a U.S. Navy Sea cadet, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Lockwood, assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 7, 2014. The wreath, placed in honor of service members killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 73 years ago, was sponsored by the Naval Order of the United States.

A soldier assigned to the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as the “The Old Guard,” guides Christopher Clay, a U.S. Navy Sea cadet, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Lockwood, assigned to Naval History and Heritage Command, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 7, 2014. The wreath, placed in honor of service members killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 73 years ago, was sponsored by the Naval Order of the United States.

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