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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Tyra Banks (left) visits with Army Spc. Matthew Paige (right), a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2003. Banks, whose brother is Air Force 1st Lt. Devin Banks, a contracting officer stationed at Bolling Air Force Base, considers the military a "personal family thing" and wanted to lift injured service members' spirits.

Tyra Banks visits with Spc. Matthew Paige, a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Tyra Banks (left) visits with Army Spc. Matthew Paige (right), a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2003. Banks, whose brother is Air Force 1st Lt. Devin Banks, a contracting officer stationed at Bolling Air Force Base, considers the military a "personal family thing" and wanted to lift injured service members' spirits.

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