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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers huddle near a building with a plume of black smoke in the distance.

Soldier Fire

Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, watch an Iraqi paramilitary unit's headquarters at Samawa, Iraq, burn during an assault on the city's north side, April 4, 2003. The soldiers completed their objective with no U.S. casualties.

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