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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy sailor Carlos Chacara, a personnel specialist, smacks a high-five with a student at West Central Elementary School, June 2, 2008. Crews from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, and Philippine navy seamen, unloaded pallets of donated basic home supplies to be distributed to the needy living near the school.

U.S. Navy sailor Carlos Chacara, a personnel specialist, smacks a high-five with a student at West Central Elementary School, June 2, 2008. Crews from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, and Philippine navy seamen, unloaded pallets of donated basic home supplies to be distributed to the needy living near the school.

U.S. Navy sailor Carlos Chacara, a personnel specialist, smacks a high-five with a student at West Central Elementary School, June 2, 2008. Crews from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, and Philippine navy seamen, unloaded pallets of donated basic home supplies to be distributed to the needy living near the school.

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