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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Students in swimsuits climb on top of one another toward the top of an obelisk.

Climb Time

U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen scale the grease-covered Herndon Monument at the school in Annapolis, Md., May 20, 2019. In the annual rite of passage, first-year students form a human pyramid to replace an underclassman's "Dixie cup" hat at the top of the obelisk with an upperclassman's cover.

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