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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A person in yellow and black attire and headgear signals to a pilot taking off in a jet from a ship's flight deck.

Pacific Takeoff

A sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer launches a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from the flight deck in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 26, 2026.

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