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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., left, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a chef’s jacket from celebrity chef Robert Irvine during the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s 33rd Annual Awards Dinner in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015. Irvine, who received the 2014 USO-Metro Merit Award, helped present this year’s awards.

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Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., left, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a chef’s jacket from celebrity chef Robert Irvine during the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s 33rd Annual Awards Dinner in Arlington, Va., March 24, 2015. Irvine, who received the 2014 USO-Metro Merit Award, helped present this year’s awards.

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