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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two Marines work on a rotor atop an aircraft.

Atop an Osprey

Marines perform maintenance on an MV-22 Osprey at Morón Air Base, Spain, Dec. 30, 2019. The Marines are assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, which is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa.

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