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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The Rev. Dianna Pohlman Bell, center, points to a photo of Marine Corps Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben, front left and pictured left, to Chief of Navy Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, front right, and Donal Bell, back right, at the new women chaplains exhibit at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington, Va., March 4, 2013. The Navy commissioned then Lt. j.g. Dianna Pohlman to serve as the Defense Department's first female chaplain in July 1973. The Air Force and Army followed suit later that year. Kibben was the first woman chaplain for the Marine Corps.

The Rev. Dianna Pohlman Bell, center, points to a photo of Marine Corps Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben, front left and pictured left, to Chief of Navy Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, front right, and Donal Bell, back right, at the new women chaplains exhibit at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington, Va., March 4, 2013. The Navy commissioned then Lt. j.g. Dianna Pohlman to serve as the Defense Department's first female chaplain in July 1973. The Air Force and Army followed suit later that year. Kibben was the first woman chaplain for the Marine Corps.

The Rev. Dianna Pohlman Bell, center, points to a photo of Marine Corps Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben, front left and pictured left, to Chief of Navy Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, front right, and Donal Bell, back right, at the new women chaplains exhibit at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington, Va., March 4, 2013. The Navy commissioned then Lt. j.g. Dianna Pohlman to serve as the Defense Department's first female chaplain in July 1973. The Air Force and Army followed suit later that year. Kibben was the first woman chaplain for the Marine Corps.

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