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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A crowd of people face the illuminated back of a C-17 at night.

Afghanistan Evacuation

Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2021. The "gray tails" flew the evacuees to safe bases in the Middle East.

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