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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Coast Guardsman in tactical gear in the dark.

Night Communications

A Coast Guardsman conducts maritime interdiction operations aboard the USS Gravely in the Gulf of America, April 12, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces.

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