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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. service members gather on the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft to send off a fallen comrade at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on April 7, 2007.

U.S. service members gather to send off a fallen comrade.

U.S. service members gather on the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft to send off a fallen comrade at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on April 7, 2007.

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