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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Service members operate a fuel hose on the flight deck of a ship as a helicopter hovers nearby.

Fueling Up

Coast Guard members tend the fuel hose as a helicopter crew conducts an in-flight refueling with the Coast Guard cutter Munro in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 26, 2023.

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