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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two packages attached to parachutes descend in the sky.

Christmas Drop

Bundles drift down during Operation Christmas Drop at near Falalop Island in Ulithi Atoll, Dec. 5, 2021. The Defense Department's longest-running humanitarian airlift operation provides donated goods throughout the Pacific.

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