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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Smoke fills the area in front of a military tank that recently fired its artillery.

Howitzer Fire

A soldier watches Ukrainian artillerymen fire an M109 tracked self-propelled howitzer at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2022. Soldiers from the U.S. and Norway trained artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the howitzers as part of security assistance packages from their respective countries.

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