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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets students at Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2007. The chairman visited the school to pay honor to the memory of the first Marine he lost in combat in 1968 – Lance Cpl. Guido Farinaro, a graduate of the school.

Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets students at Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2007. The chairman visited the school to pay honor to the memory of the first Marine he lost in combat in 1968 – Lance Cpl. Guido Farinaro, a graduate of the school.

Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets students at Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2007. The chairman visited the school to pay honor to the memory of the first Marine he lost in combat in 1968 – Lance Cpl. Guido Farinaro, a graduate of the school.

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