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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army Spc. Salah Al Hakim, front left, a waits along with other U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers to practice loading a mock UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Kassum, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 22, 2010. Hakim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Salah Al Hakim, front left, a waits along with other U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers to practice loading a mock UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Kassum, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 22, 2010. Hakim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade.

U.S. Army Spc. Salah Al Hakim, front left, a waits along with other U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers to practice loading a mock UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Kassum, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 22, 2010. Hakim is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade.

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