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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A small rubber boat in blue water is dwarfed by a giant iceberg behind it.

Big Berg

A Coast Guard small boat navigates in the Labrador Sea, Aug. 13, 2021. The boat, attached to the Coast Guard cutter Richard Snyder, was participating in Operation Nanook, a Canadian-led effort to enhance collective abilities to respond to safety and security issues in the High North.

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