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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier stands atop a large weapon and hooks it up to the bottom of a helicopter using a sling.

Slinging Soldiers

Soldiers link an M777A2 howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during sling-load operations as part of a training event at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 7, 2020.

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