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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Klundt, right, pulls one end of a collapsible barrier in Fargo, N.D., March 24, 2009. Klundt is assigned to the 817th Engineer Company. Sections of collapsible barrier are being linked together and filled with sand to create to block the rising waters of the Red River.

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Klundt, right, pulls one end of a collapsible barrier in Fargo, N.D., March 24, 2009. Klundt is assigned to the 817th Engineer Company. Sections of collapsible barrier are being linked together and filled with sand to create to block the rising waters of the Red River.

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Klundt, right, pulls one end of a collapsible barrier in Fargo, N.D., March 24, 2009. Klundt is assigned to the 817th Engineer Company. Sections of collapsible barrier are being linked together and filled with sand to create to block the rising waters of the Red River.

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