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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man in a ballcap assembles a large machine gun in silhouette against the night sky as another man faces the opposite direction.

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Air Force Staff Sgt. David Ward helps assemble a Browning M2 machine gun at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, S.C., April 19, 2019.

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