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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Airman Benjamin Dennis leans against an aircraft as he waits for nighttime flight operations to begin on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Dec. 4, 2005. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is operating in the western Pacific Ocean from its homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.

U.S. Navy Airman Benjamin Dennis leans against an aircraft.

U.S. Navy Airman Benjamin Dennis leans against an aircraft as he waits for nighttime flight operations to begin on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Dec. 4, 2005. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is operating in the western Pacific Ocean from its homeport of Yokosuka, Japan.

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