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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Amphibious military vehicles make their way toward a ship in the sea.

Ashland Return

Marines and Japanese soldiers return to the USS Ashland after conducting amphibious vehicle operations training in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 5, 2018, as part of Kamandag 2, a Philippine-led military exercise.

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