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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Pacific Partnership

Sailors prepare the USNS Mercy to  depart Naval Base San Diego, May 3, 2022, for the start of Pacific Partnership, an annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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