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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers sit in a large field at night watching a large military helicopter.

Overnight Operations

Soldiers conduct overnight air assault operations training during Exercise Lightning Forge in Oahu, Hawaii, July 17, 2020. Lightning Forge is an annual brigade-level training exercise that prepares units for a deployment certification exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La.

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