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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine wearing a blindfold uses a stick to hit a fruit hanging from a tree as school students in uniforms laugh while watching surrounded by trees.

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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Arnold participates in a community relations event during Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum in Barira, Philippines, May 26, 2024. The bilateral exchanges between U.S. and Philippine marines are aimed at bolstering the Philippine Marine Corps’ Coastal Defense strategy while supporting the modernization efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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