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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine fires a weapon from a helicopter: another Marine sits beside.

Helicopter Fire

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Taylor C. Coughlin fires a GAU-17/A machine gun out of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter at Col. Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2019, during Exercise Kamandag 3. The exercise aims to enhance military-to-military relationships and multinational coordination.

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