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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Seaman Kevin Garges, foreground, conducts engine startups for an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 15, 2015. Garges is an aviation ordnanceman assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 81.

U.S. Navy Seaman Kevin Garges, foreground, conducts engine startups for an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 15, 2015. Garges is an aviation ordnanceman assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 81.

U.S. Navy Seaman Kevin Garges, foreground, conducts engine startups for an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 15, 2015. Garges is an aviation ordnanceman assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron 81.

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