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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Lt. Col. Marybell Johnson (center) shares a happy moment with her daughter and husband at Green Ramp, Fort Bragg, N.C., on Dec. 29, 2004, before deploying to Iraq for a year. Johnson is the commander of the 217th Personnel Support Branch of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

Lt. Col. Marybell Johnson shares a happy moment with her daughter and husband.

Lt. Col. Marybell Johnson (center) shares a happy moment with her daughter and husband at Green Ramp, Fort Bragg, N.C., on Dec. 29, 2004, before deploying to Iraq for a year. Johnson is the commander of the 217th Personnel Support Branch of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

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