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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Seven soldiers connected by rope hover in a hazy sky as one soldier watches from below and others sit in parked helicopter.

Hazy Hangout

Soldiers conduct special insertion and extraction system training with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 29, 2025. The training allowed soldiers to practice the precise maneuvers and actions that enable this insertion technique to be employed in austere, combat environments.

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