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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor on a ship tosses a line to a tugboat.

Line Launch

Navy Seaman Chance Vaughan tosses a heaving line to a tugboat from the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney as the ship prepares to moor in Brindisi, Italy, Dec. 30, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Turner

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