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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine fast-ropes down a rope attached to an airborne helicopter.

Fast Rope

A Marine fast-ropes out of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during UNITAS, the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise, in Ancon, Peru, Sept. 26, 2021.

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