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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. and Afghan troops and civilians assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul gather around a bonfire on Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2010.

BONFIRE BUDDIES

U.S. and Afghan troops and civilians assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul gather around a bonfire on Forward Operating Base Smart, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2010.

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