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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier holding a rifle walks past another soldier and a crowd.

Gold Star Honors

Soldiers helped commemorate Gold Star Mothers Day during a ceremony and wreath laying at the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.,Sep. 26, 2021. Gold Star Mothers Day was created by Congress in 1936 to honor women who lost their sons and daughters to war.

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