For the run-up to Christmas, the MOD online news team has once again picked out the images that best represent our defence news coverage over the past year.

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U.S. Military Academy linebacker Andrew Rodriguez has been named the 22nd recipient of the William V. Campbell Trophy at the 54th National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York City.

United States Army Article

The Harbor of Refuge Breakwater and its historic lighthouse off Cape Henlopen, Del. are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This year, the breakwater received much needed repairs through a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District project.

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In the small village of Jabbulsaraj, Afghanistan, the Kentucky Army National Guard Agribusiness Development Team is working to improve the lives of farmers and connect them with their government through simple agricultural projects and outreach.

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Employee dedication to process improvement has cut costs for Tobyhanna Depot's AN/TRC-190 radio support mission, which saw its 1,000th system inducted for the repair program called Reset.

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Three separate villages in the Balkh province of northern Afghanistan will benefit from projects led by members of the Croatian armed forces.

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Holiday greetings were tied with a bow, wrapped in a virtual package and sent through cyberspace to deployed Soldiers and family members, Dec. 6, 2011, during Operation Best Wishes recording sessions.

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Seventy years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m., more than 350 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes from six aircraft carriers roared across the Hawaiian sky and began unleashing their deadly payloads.

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Third Infantry Division community members posed approximately 100 questions and concerns to garrison leaders Nov. 30, 2011, at the quarterly Facebook Town Hall meeting.

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With the Army leaving Iraq by the end of the month and large drawdowns coming in Afghanistan, some Soldiers may be asked to change their military occupational specialty or leave the Army before they planned, said the Army's top NCO.

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