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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two men kneel underneath aircraft during launch

Hornet Launch

Navy Lt. Samuel Bender, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Clayton Johnson signal an F/A-18 Super Hornet clear to launch on the flight deck aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 8, 2018.

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