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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Gunfire illuminates an orange sky as two Marines, shown in silhouette, watch.

Illuminated View

Marines watch illumination shells fire from an MK 45 lightweight gun on San Clemente Island, Calif., Feb. 7, during Iron Fist, an annual exercise between U.S. and Japanese forces.

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