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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A guardsman hoists a person into an airborne helicopter.

Helicopter Hoist

An Alaska Army National Guardsman prepares to pull a simulated patient into an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during Noble Defender over Nome, Alaska, Sept. 12, 2022. Noble Defender is a North American Air Defense Command Arctic air defense operation.

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