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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

1st Lt. Shane Futchko, a physician assistant assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, gears up for a foot patrol, May 23, 2010, on Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan.

1st Lt. Shane Futchko, a physician assistant assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, gears up for a foot patrol, May 23, 2010, on Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan.

1st Lt. Shane Futchko, a physician assistant assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, gears up for a foot patrol, May 23, 2010, on Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan.

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