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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor reads a book to children in a yellow and blue classroom.

Story Time

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Essence Lucas reads a book to a classroom during a community outreach event for Richmond Navy Week, May 14, 2025. Richmond Navy Week is one of 15 Navy Weeks during the service's 250th year celebration, which brings a variety of assets, equipment and personnel to a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects.

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