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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Seaman Darrell Moore (right), assigned to the deck department aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), and other sailors pull on a messenger line during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command supply ship USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) while in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 17, 2009.

Seaman Darrell Moore and other sailors pull on a messenger line.

U.S. Navy Seaman Darrell Moore (right), assigned to the deck department aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), and other sailors pull on a messenger line during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command supply ship USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) while in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 17, 2009.

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