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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Rowland attaches an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) as the ship operates in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 21, 2006.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Rowland attaches an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Rowland attaches an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) as the ship operates in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 21, 2006.

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