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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Lt. Sara Nelson, center, a medical officer assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, examines a patient during a medical civic action program in Goubetto, Djibouti, March 30, 2008.

DOCTOR AT WORK

U.S. Navy Lt. Sara Nelson, center, a medical officer assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, examines a patient during a medical civic action program in Goubetto, Djibouti, March 30, 2008.

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