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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Dozens of staff members wearing orange life vests gather on the deck of a ship while transiting a body of water.

Deck Drill

Medical treatment facility personnel aboard the USNS Mercy conduct an abandon ship drill during Pacific Partnership in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 15, 2023. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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