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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force Col. Donald Kimminau and Capt. Jesse Caldwell look on as cargo is brought for loadingt onto their aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008. The two are assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which flies supplies and troops into areas where road travel is too dangerous.

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U.S. Air Force Col. Donald Kimminau and Capt. Jesse Caldwell look on as cargo is brought for loadingt onto their aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 7, 2008. The two are assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which flies supplies and troops into areas where road travel is too dangerous.

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