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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army Spc. Edwarde Loeup (right), an automatic rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, moves to high ground during a dismounted patrol on the way to a key leader engagement at a hospital in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 21, 2011.

Spc. Edwarde Loeup moves to high ground during a dismounted patrol.

U.S. Army Spc. Edwarde Loeup (right), an automatic rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, moves to high ground during a dismounted patrol on the way to a key leader engagement at a hospital in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 21, 2011.

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