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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, reaches the speed of sound near the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during a Friends and Family Day Cruise off the coast of Virginia, Aug. 30, 2008. The 2008 Friends and Family Day Cruise enables guests to experience a day at sea with sailors assigned to the ship.

THE SPEED OF SOUND

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, reaches the speed of sound near the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during a Friends and Family Day Cruise off the coast of Virginia, Aug. 30, 2008. The 2008 Friends and Family Day Cruise enables guests to experience a day at sea with sailors assigned to the ship.

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