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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sparks fly as a welder works on a bracket on a ship.

Bracket Welder

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Ortiz fabricates a bracket aboard the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 23, 2019.

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