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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter lowers a person to the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during a missile exercise on Feb. 19, 2005.

An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter lowers a person to the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63).

An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter lowers a person to the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during a missile exercise on Feb. 19, 2005.

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