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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A diver holds up two fingers while submerged in water.

Dive Signal

A sailor signals to a boat crew before a mine countermeasure training dive in Puget Sound, Wash., Oct. 27, 2018, during Vigilant Shield, an annual U.S.-Canadian homeland defense exercise.

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