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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The gloved-hands of sailors help move a patient on a bed, shown from above, across a ship's brow over water.

Boarding the Mercy

Sailors transport a patient onto the hospital ship USNS Mercy is Los Angeles, April 6, 2020. The Mercy deployed to serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients admitted to shore-based hospitals, allowing those hospitals to focus on COVID-19 cases.

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