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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Workers secure tanks in hold of ship.

Tank Loading

Contract workers secure A1 Abrams tanks aboard the USNS Benavidez in support of Exercise Defender-Europe 20, Feb. 21, 2020. The ship will carry military equipment to the European theater as part of almost 6,000 pieces of cargo that the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command will process through ports in the Gulf of Mexico.

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