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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A penguin stands several yards in front of a large ice-breaker ship.

Barger Antarctic medal

An Antarctic penguin poses for a photo with an ice-breaker ship behind it during Operation Deep Freeze II in 1956.

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