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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Workers prepare to remove the Battleship Missouri Memorial from Drydock 4 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, Jan. 7, 2009. About 1,000 civilian and military guests will be on board the ship for the two-mile journey back to her pier at Ford Island.

MOVING MISSOURI

Workers prepare to remove the Battleship Missouri Memorial from Drydock 4 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii, Jan. 7, 2009. About 1,000 civilian and military guests will be on board the ship for the two-mile journey back to her pier at Ford Island.

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