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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine lays on top of the end of an aircraft clearing rust, over the open ocean.

Cleaning and Clinging

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tylor Van cleans the tail of a CH-53 Sea Stallion aboard the USS Iwo Jima in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 7, 2018.

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