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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine seated next to another on an airborne helicopter fires a machine gun.

Fire From Above

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Fernando Mata supervises Lance Cpl. Austin Mitchell while he fires an M240 machine gun on a UH-1Y Venom during specific weapons delivery training in Misawa, Japan, July 20, 2021.

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