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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two Marines fire a machine gun.

Murtha Reload

Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Aguilar, left, and Lance Cpl. Zachary reload a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the USS John P. Murtha in the Pacific Ocean, March 27, 2019.

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