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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A large military ship moves through the water.

Strait Transit

The guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale conducts an archipelagic sea lane passage through the San Bernardino Strait, crossing from the South China Sea into the Philippine Sea, Sept. 27, 2021.

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