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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marines raise their arms out towards the center of their group and touch hands inside a dimly lit building.

Huddle Up

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, right front, joins Marines assigned to the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 for a morale cry during a troop engagement in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Nov. 24, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, War Department-directed operations and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland.

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