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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Army Spc. Benjamin Clement, right, helps Army Spc. Antonio Esparza, place a M240B machine gun on a tripod during training on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 24, 2013. Clement and Esparza are gunners assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Spc. Benjamin Clement, right, helps Army Spc. Antonio Esparza, place a M240B machine gun on a tripod during training on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 24, 2013. Clement and Esparza are gunners assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Army Spc. Benjamin Clement, right, helps Army Spc. Antonio Esparza, place a M240B machine gun on a tripod during training on Fort Bragg, N.C., March 24, 2013. Clement and Esparza are gunners assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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