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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marines and sailors fire a machine gun from a ship at night.

Night Firing

Marines and sailors fire an M240B medium machine gun during a night shoot aboard the USS Germantown during security operations in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 27, 2020.

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