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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Seaman David Lloyd, right, Petty Officer 3rd Class Trent Tyykila, center, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Kraght patch a simulated damaged pipe during a damage control contest between the crews of the submarines USS Texas (SSN 775) and the USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Feb. 21, 2013.

Submariners patch a simulated damaged pipe during a damage control contest

U.S. Navy Seaman David Lloyd, right, Petty Officer 3rd Class Trent Tyykila, center, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Colby Kraght patch a simulated damaged pipe during a damage control contest between the crews of the submarines USS Texas (SSN 775) and the USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Feb. 21, 2013.

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