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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier rappels from a helicopter as dust surrounds.

Dusty Descent

U.S. and Moroccan troops fast-rope out of a CH-47 Chinook in Tifnit, Morocco, June 14, 2021, during African Lion, U.S. Africa Command's largest joint, annual exercise.

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