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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A large group of ships steam across the open water with aircraft flying above them.

Maritime Formation

Guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill leads patrol coastal ships USS Firebolt and USS Squall, and Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Maui, USCGC Monomoy and USCGC Wrangell while U.S. and Saudi fighter aircraft fly above them during a maritime surface warfare exercise in the Persian Gulf, Dec. 17, 2020.

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