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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy ships travel in a V-type formation in vivid blue waters as Air Force and Navy aircraft fly above them.

Valiant Vessels

Left to right: The USNS Charles Drew, the USS Comstock, the USS Shiloh, the USS New Orleans, the USS Chicago, the USS America, the USS Ronald Reagan, the USNS John Ericsson, the USS Antietam, the USS Germantown, and the USNS Sacagawea travel in formation while Navy and Air Force aircraft fly above them in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 25, 2020, during Valiant Shield. The exercise focuses on joint training of U.S. forces in a blue-water environment.

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