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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier smiles and gesticulates while sitting on an aircraft floor with two youths.

Plane Game

A soldier plays a game with children aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. U.S. service members are assisting the State Department with a noncombatant evacuation operation in Afghanistan.

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