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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Small groups of sailors gather on a tarmac around a parked helicopter under a low sitting sun.

Rim of the Pacific

Sailors prepare to load a Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk during Exercise Rim of the Pacific at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 12, 2024. Twenty-nine nations participated in RIMPAC, the world's largest international maritime exercise.

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