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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An orange buoy sits in frozen icy waters.

Arctic Orange

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Nathan Poppink oversees the recovery of a malfunctioning navigational mooring from aboard the cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean, Sept. 21, 2019.

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