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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Mission Prep

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force Bravo prepare to fly to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to establish a forward operations center at Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Aug. 16, 2021. Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and task force personnel deployed from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to support U.S. Southern Command operations assisting Haiti after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

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