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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine fires a weapon from an airborne aircraft leaving a streak a smoke in the sky as smoke blows from a desert-like area below.

Desert Dust

Marine Corps Sgt. Evan Stewart participates in a UH-1Y Venom escort exercise during a weapons and tactics instructor course near Yodaville, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2024. The course emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation.

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