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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter hovers with a howitzer hanging by a sling.

Howitzer Haul

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off carrying a howitzer at Fort Drum, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2019, after soldiers executed a training air assault sling-load operation.

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