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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, shown from overhead, walks onto a ship as sailors in red shirts and blue shirts on either side of him salute.

Boarding the Nimitz

Sailors salute as Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III arrives aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 25, 2021.

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