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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man standing on a rocky, muddy hill, wearing a camouflage military uniform and helmet, places a rocket into a cylinder as a man in similar clothing looks on.

Lock and Load

Army Spc. Juan Guzman, an assistant gunner assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, aims and fires a 120 mm M120A1 towed mortar system while conducting a combined arms live-fire exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 26, 2026.

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