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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sparks fly as a guardsman fires a weapon while lying on a hill as a fellow guardsman watches under a gray, pinkish sky.

Line of Fire

Idaho Air National Guardsmen participate in a heavy weapons qualifications event at the Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, June 6, 2025. Airmen qualified on the M240 machine gun, M249 squad automatic weapon and Mk19 grenade launcher.

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