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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Service members sit in an orange inflatable raft as one plunges into water back first.

Teaching Techniques

Airmen instruct water survival techniques to Civil Air Patrol cadets at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., July 12, 2023.

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