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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A person dressed as an elf hands a child a candy cane.

Christmas Candy

Lydia Sandberg, a co-chair member of the Santa to Villages program and member of the Coast Guard Spouses' Association of Kodiak, hands a candy cane to a child during a visit to the remote village of Akhiok, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2022. SAK members work year-round to facilitate this historic outreach program.

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