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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Coast Guardsman hugs two children.

Family Embrace

Coast Guard Cmdr. Philip Baxa hugs his family in Seattle, Nov. 20, 2021, upon returning from a 133-day deployment circumnavigating North America.

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