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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Navy ship is decorated with holiday lights with the Hawaiian phrase "Mele Kalikimaka" (Merry Christmas).

Merry in Hawaii

Holiday lights with the Hawaiian phrase "Mele Kalikimaka" (Merry Christmas) are displayed aboard the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) during the 2012 Holiday Ship/Submarine Lighting Contest at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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