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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Drake Van Blarcom builds a kick plate on top of scaffolding during the construction of a storage facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on April 2, 2013. Blarcom is a Navy Seabee assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Drake Van Blarcom builds a kick plate on top of scaffolding

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Drake Van Blarcom builds a kick plate on top of scaffolding during the construction of a storage facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on April 2, 2013. Blarcom is a Navy Seabee assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303.

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