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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Service members watch from a boat as another service member hangs from a hoist.

Hoist Hang

Sailors and Coast Guardsmen conduct live-hoisting exercises in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 7, 2020. The sailors are assigned to the USS Little Rock, which is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Campaign Martillo, an effort targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along Central America.

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