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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S., Czech, and Georgian soldiers sit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before lifting off to conduct a security patrol led by Afghan soldiers in Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 8, 2015.

U.S., Czech, and Georgian soldiers sit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before lifting off to conduct a security patrol led by Afghan soldiers in Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 8, 2015.

U.S., Czech, and Georgian soldiers sit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before lifting off to conduct a security patrol led by Afghan soldiers in Parwan province, Afghanistan, May 8, 2015.

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