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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier embraces his daughter next to an aircraft.

Departure Embrace

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Austin Randolph hugs his daughter, Elliana, on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 3, 2019, before departing for deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

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