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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Borromeo Yabut (right) signs his name and enters his e-mail address in the notebooks of Pasobolong Elementary School students in Zamboanga, Philippines, on Oct. 26, 2006. Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) visited the school with Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines as part of a service project to aid impoverished areas in the communities of the Philippines.

Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Borromeo Yabut signs his name.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Borromeo Yabut (right) signs his name and enters his e-mail address in the notebooks of Pasobolong Elementary School students in Zamboanga, Philippines, on Oct. 26, 2006. Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) visited the school with Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines as part of a service project to aid impoverished areas in the communities of the Philippines.

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