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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

One of two sailors pulls on a rope; both wearing life vests and blue hard hats in the well deck of a ship.

Well Deck Operations

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ali Khadour heaves a line during well deck operations aboard the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during Steadfast Defender 2024 in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 26, 2024. NATO's largest exercise in decades will demonstrate NATO's ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to reinforce the defense of Europe.

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