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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A soldier wearing a helmet lays down to pull a rope through an opening of a helicopter.

Sling-Load Ops

A Washington National Guardsman conducts sling-load operations on a CH-47 Chinook near Mount Rainier, Wash., Oct 25, 2024. Washington National Guard aviation assets were activated from to support the Navy in its recovery of an EA-18G Growler fighter jet.

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