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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier wearing protective gear and a harness climbs a glacier.

Recovery Op

Army Sgt. Nathaniel Smith scales a crevasse wall during Operation Colony Glacier in Alaska, June 16, 2023. The operation is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in November 1952.

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