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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor hold his arms out as a helicopter hovers above a military ship.

Seahawk Signal

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Maxwell McMann directs a Seahawk helicopter aboard the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence during a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos in the East China Sea, Sept. 18, 2019.

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