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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A penguin pup looks back while standing next to other penguin pups in the snow.

Snowy Stare

An adélie penguin pup looks back while molting next to the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, near where the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star is operating, Feb. 3, 2024. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955, and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team.

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