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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Seaman Clinton Wagner from Newport, Wash., communicates with sailors on the USS Shiloh by flashing lights from the USS Kitty Hawk in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 11, 2006. The two ships are taking part in the Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force exercise ANNUALEX.

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Seaman Clinton Wagner from Newport, Wash., communicates with sailors on the USS Shiloh by flashing lights from the USS Kitty Hawk in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 11, 2006. The two ships are taking part in the Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force exercise ANNUALEX.

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