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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter takes off from a ship in a body of water as a sailor watches.

Sea Stallion

A Navy CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter takes off from the USS America in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 17, 2020.

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