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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A woman looks closely as she threads a needle under a small light.

Threading a Needle

Navy Seaman Cozzette Baldwin, a hospitalman, threads a needle as she participates in a recycling project she initiated that uses blue muslin wrap to eliminate thousands of pounds of waste at Naval Hospital Bremerton, Wash., Oct. 16, 2019. The materials will be used to make sleeping pads and bags for the homeless.

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