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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier holds a weapon and fires during a training exercise.

Hammer 22

A soldier fires blank rounds through an M240 machine gun during Hammer 22, an annual combined forces exercise conducted by and alongside the Finnish army in Niinisalo, Finland, Nov. 9, 2022.

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