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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A female sailor in yellow and a line of sailors beside her fire pistols from a ship as instructors look on.

Firearm Focus

Sailors fire M9 pistols during an exercise on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge in the Persian Gulf, April 19, 2019.

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