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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. soldiers prepare to leave Forward Operating Base Warrior on a patrol in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, March 31, 2012. The soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, are paratroopers replacing a Polish force moving north to the provincial seat of Ghazni city.

U.S. soldiers prepare to leave Forward Operating Base Warrior on a patrol in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, March 31, 2012. The soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, are paratroopers replacing a Polish force moving north to the provincial seat of Ghazni city.

U.S. soldiers prepare to leave Forward Operating Base Warrior on a patrol in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, March 31, 2012. The soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, are paratroopers replacing a Polish force moving north to the provincial seat of Ghazni city.

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