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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Fitzgerald Transit

The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald departs San Diego to participate in Rim of the Pacific 2024, June 14, 2024. RIMPAC is the world's largest maritime exercise, with 29 nations and 25,000 participants taking part in the 2024 iteration in and around the Hawaiian Islands.

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