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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Tugboats shoot plumes of water into the air as the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) pulls into San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2007. The Nimitz-class carrier stopped in San Diego to offload personnel and equipment of Carrier Air Wing 9 before returning to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash.

Tugboats shoot plumes of water into the air.

Tugboats shoot plumes of water into the air as the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) pulls into San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2007. The Nimitz-class carrier stopped in San Diego to offload personnel and equipment of Carrier Air Wing 9 before returning to its homeport of Bremerton, Wash.

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