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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Adrian Diaz, left, a member from the University of San Diego Pre-Dental Society, cuts the stitching line as U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Matthew T. Provencher, center, concludes the surgery of removing an extra thumb from a Vietnamese patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy during a visit to Quy Nhon, Vietnam, supporting Pacific Partnership 2010, June 5, 2010.

Adrian Diaz, left, a member from the University of San Diego Pre-Dental Society, cuts the stitching line as U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Matthew T. Provencher, center, concludes the surgery of removing an extra thumb from a Vietnamese patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy during a visit to Quy Nhon, Vietnam, supporting Pacific Partnership 2010, June 5, 2010.

Adrian Diaz, left, a member from the University of San Diego Pre-Dental Society, cuts the stitching line as U.S. Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Matthew T. Provencher, center, concludes the surgery of removing an extra thumb from a Vietnamese patient aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy during a visit to Quy Nhon, Vietnam, supporting Pacific Partnership 2010, June 5, 2010.

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