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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force prepare to land a combat rubber reconnaissance craft in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans during Operation Iron Fist off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 13, 2010.

OPERATION IRON FIST

Soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force prepare to land a combat rubber reconnaissance craft in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans during Operation Iron Fist off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 13, 2010.

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