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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

With an F22 fighter jet as a backdrop, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits with troops on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013, during a stop on his return trip from Asia. While there, Carter also looked over an F-22 fighter jet and a Stryker vehicle, and presented service members with commemorative coins.

With an F22 fighter jet as a backdrop, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits with troops on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013, during a stop on his return trip from Asia. While there, Carter also looked over an F-22 fighter jet and a Stryker vehicle, and presented service members with commemorative coins.

With an F22 fighter jet as a backdrop, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits with troops on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 21, 2013, during a stop on his return trip from Asia. While there, Carter also looked over an F-22 fighter jet and a Stryker vehicle, and presented service members with commemorative coins.

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