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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left to right, Army Col. Arthur Wittich, the oldest soldier serving in the Military District of Washington, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Army Secretary John M. McHugh, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, and Pfc. Brandon Railey, the youngest soldier assigned to the Military District, use a saber to slice through a cake marking the Army's 236th birthday at the Pentagon, June 14, 2011.

SABER SLICE

From left to right, Army Col. Arthur Wittich, the oldest soldier serving in the Military District of Washington, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Army Secretary John M. McHugh, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, and Pfc. Brandon Railey, the youngest soldier assigned to the Military District, use a saber to slice through a cake marking the Army's 236th birthday at the Pentagon, June 14, 2011.

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