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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A military ship steams across the ocean on a dark and cloudy day.

Cloudy Passage

The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset departs after a replenishment with Royal Canadian navy replenishment oiler MV Asterix during Exercise Rim of the Pacific in the Pacific Ocean, July 15, 2024. Twenty-nine nations and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC, which is the world’s largest international maritime exercise.

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