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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine slides down a rope out of a helicopter.

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A Marine fast-ropes onto the flight deck of the USS Ashland during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with the USS Green Bay in the Coral Sea, June 29, 2019.

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