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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian places some rose petals into the reflecting pool at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s annual Memorial Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. Der-Vartanian, who joined the Navy in 1943, became the Navy’s first woman master chief petty officer, the highest enlisted grade.

Retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian places some rose petals into the reflecting pool at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s annual Memorial Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. Der-Vartanian, who joined the Navy in 1943, became the Navy’s first woman master chief petty officer, the highest enlisted grade.

Retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian places some rose petals into the reflecting pool at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s annual Memorial Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. Der-Vartanian, who joined the Navy in 1943, became the Navy’s first woman master chief petty officer, the highest enlisted grade.

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