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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Coast Guardsman, shown from below, hangs out of a yellow helicopter in flight.

Cormorant Training

A Coast Guard aviation survival technician hangs from a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter during joint training in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash., Oct. 3, 2018.

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