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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Members of the Japanese ground self-defense forces move toward their objective point as part of movement-to-contact training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan 31, 2013.

Members of the Japanese ground self-defense forces move toward their objective point as part of movement-to-contact training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan 31, 2013.

Members of the Japanese ground self-defense forces move toward their objective point as part of movement-to-contact training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan 31, 2013.

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