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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A guardsman carrying a baby talks to a person as fellow service members and people exit a helicopter in the background under a cloudy, blue sky.

To the Rescue

Kentucky National Guardsmen receive flood victims at the Big Sandy Regional Airport in Debord, Ky., Feb. 17, 2025. The evacuees were airlifted aboard Kentucky and Indiana Army National Guard helicopters from housing complexes in Martin County, Ky., that were surrounded by floodwaters.

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