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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy sailors use a line to guide an anchor chain as it is lowered from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) onto a barge in Yokosuka, Japan, on Jan. 16, 2007. The chain is being placed on the barge for maintenance.

U.S. Navy sailors use a line to guide an anchor chain.

U.S. Navy sailors use a line to guide an anchor chain as it is lowered from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) onto a barge in Yokosuka, Japan, on Jan. 16, 2007. The chain is being placed on the barge for maintenance.

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