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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A military aircraft gets ready to take off from a large ship at night.

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An MV-22 Osprey prepares for takeoff from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during night operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Oct. 9, 2020.

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