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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A group of troops line up behind helicopter

Desert Troops

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, await extraction via a CH-47 Chinook during an aerial response force live-fire training exercise, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2018.

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