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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A group of Coast Guardsmen and Marines watch another one fire a machine gun from a lying position on a dirt and grassy area, with another machine gun and trees in the background.

Firing Line

Coast Guardsmen and Marines fire an M240B machine gun at a range during Atlantic Alliance 25 at Fort Drum, N.Y., July 5, 2025. Atlantic Alliance is the premier naval integration exercise on the East Coast, spanning sites from North Carolina to Maine and featuring more than 25 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units alongside Dutch naval forces and British Royal Navy commandos.

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