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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Purple colored paper lanterns float upward in a dark sky.

Sky Lights

Lanterns float in the night sky during a lantern festival in Iwakuni, Japan, March 3, 2019. U.S. service members based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni volunteered at the event hosted by the Blue Art Project, a nonprofit that helps people with developmental disorders.

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