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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The top of a submarine is seen amid an icy sea.

Beaufort Breakthrough

The submarine USS Illinois is framed by ice peaks as it sails through the Arctic ice during the Navy's Ice Exercise 2022 in the Beaufort Sea, March 13, 2022.

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