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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marines in dress uniform stand in three lines while carrying rifles over their shoulders.

Honored Ceremony

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Kelsey Hastings leads a platoon of Marines assigned to Marine Barracks Washington while conducting military funeral honors for Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover in Section 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Sept. 24, 2021. Hoover died on Aug. 26, 2021, as a result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan. Twelve other service members from the Marines Corps, Navy and Army died in the same attack supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

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