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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine signals as another Marine hangs onto a rope dangling from an aircraft.

Fast Rope Signals

A Marine assigned to the Combined Anti-armor Team Red, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives the signal for Marines to begin fast-roping out of an MV-22 Osprey at Sierra del Retin Training Camp, Spain, Oct. 5, 2023.

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