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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Teacher of the Year

Kerrie Gill, Department of Defense Education Activity's Teacher of the Year, visits the Pentagon Press Briefing room while touring the Pentagon, May 1, 2024. Gill, an English language arts teacher at SHAPE Middle School in Mons, Belgium, visited the Pentagon before attending First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s Teachers of the Year State Dinner at the White House.

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