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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Five people carry a buoy across the flat, snowy ice.

Arctic Mission

From left, Carl Felten, Coast Guard Ensign Annabelle Gagnon, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Cadet Taylor Crisci, Luc Rainville and Jeremy Wilkinson pull a buoy across ice about 350 miles northeast of Barrow, Alaska, Sept. 30, 2018, while supporting an Arctic research mission conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy.

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