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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

As seen through a night-vision device, a special operations forces sniper fires under the glow of an illumination flare during the night sniper competiton for Fuerzas Comando 2012 at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, Colombia, June 11, 2012.

As seen through a night-vision device, a special operations forces sniper fires under the glow of an illumination flare during the night sniper competiton for Fuerzas Comando 2012 at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, Colombia, June 11, 2012.

As seen through a night-vision device, a special operations forces sniper fires under the glow of an illumination flare during the night sniper competiton for Fuerzas Comando 2012 at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, Colombia, June 11, 2012.

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