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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sergeants Fernando Blanco, Jedidiah Birnie, Terry Barker, Jacob Cummins, and Corporals Nicholas Davis, Alicia Frost and Javier Castellon, and Staff Sgt. Nicholas Beberniss pose for a photos at the Lt. Col. Robert A. Lindsley Base Stables prior to departing for another event. The Corps' only remain mounted color guard unit is celebrating its 50th year of existence.

A day in the life of the USMC’s last Mounted Color Guard

Marine Corps Cpl. Alicia Frost, a stableman with the Corps’ last mounted color guard unit, bathes a horse at the stables at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Aug. 8. The Marines undergo extensive training in horse care when they join the mounted color guard, to include how to ride properly, how to groom the horses and how to clean and care for the facilities. Marine Corps photo by Laurie Pearson

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