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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sailors wearing hard hats and flotation devices stand in line pulling a rope aboard a ship at sea.

Ocean Ops

Sailors aboard the USS William P. Lawrence conduct a fueling with the Royal New Zealand Navy HMNZS Aotearoa during Rim of the Pacific, the world's largest international maritime exercise, in the Pacific Ocean, July 27, 2022.

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