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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier in combat gear leans against a cargo pack beside a scope and a rifle.

Army Scout

Army Spc. Ty Carter, a scout for the Black Knight Troop, waits at a post in Afghanistan in 2009.

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