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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles while looking at a laptop on a conference table with flags in the background.

Greeting Soldiers

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) for a video-teleconference holiday call from the Pentagon, Dec. 23, 2022. The soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, are deployed to a forward operating station in Poland.

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