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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two Marines lie in a wooded area as one fires a machine gun and the other looks toward the target.

Forest Fire

U.S. Marines provide fire support to Dutch troops during an amphibious assault rehearsal as part of Exercise Atlantic Alliance 25 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., June 30, 2025. The training is the premier naval integration exercise on the U.S. East Coast, featuring more than 25 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units alongside Dutch naval forces and British Royal Navy commandos, and spanning sites from North Carolina to Maine.

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