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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine crouches down and turns away from a tube as it emits a beam of light.

Fire Away

A Marine Corps reservist with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires an M252 A2 81-mm mortar system while training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Dec. 4, 2021.

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