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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup begins a photojournalism session at the Directorate of Information and Culture building in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2013. Stroup, a public affairs officer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup begins a photojournalism session at the Directorate of Information and Culture building in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2013. Stroup, a public affairs officer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup begins a photojournalism session at the Directorate of Information and Culture building in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2013. Stroup, a public affairs officer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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