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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Benny Bradley, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Airlift Squadron, unloads a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan, on May 21, 2009. The aircraft contains 120,000 prepackaged halal meals and tents for Pakistanis displaced by fighting against militant groups in the northwest region of the country. The supplies were the first of $10 million in aid scheduled to be provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.S. government has committed to provide more than $100 million in aid.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Benny Bradley, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Airlift Squadron, unloads a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan, on May 21, 2009.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Benny Bradley, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Airlift Squadron, unloads a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan, on May 21, 2009. The aircraft contains 120,000 prepackaged halal meals and tents for Pakistanis displaced by fighting against militant groups in the northwest region of the country. The supplies were the first of $10 million in aid scheduled to be provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.S. government has committed to provide more than $100 million in aid.

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