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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine Corps vehicle sits in a field as a cow-type animal sits nearby.

In the Field

A U.S. Marine Corps high mobility artillery rocket system rehearses for a combined arms live-fire exercise as part of Balikatan 22 at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines, March 30, 2022. Balikatan, a Tagalog term that means "shoulder-to-shoulder," is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation.

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