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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A smiling sailor hugs a giggling girl and holds up a toddler by a ship on a pier.

Homecoming Joy

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Kial Hartwell hugs his children during a homecoming ceremony for the USS O'Kane at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 4, 2018. The guided missile destroyer returned from a deployment to the western Pacific. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Holly L. Herline

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