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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier holds onto a Marine's arm on a flightline.

Kuwait City Flightline

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Curney Russell assists former prisoner of war Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson in Kuwait City, April 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Johnson endured 22 days in captivity in Iraq.

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