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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor measures a girl's height.

Measuring Up

Navy Seaman Jerusha Hainsworth, a hospitalman, measures the height of a young patient during a medical checkup in Colombia, Nov. 30, 2018. Hainsworth was part of the medical team aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.

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