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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A helicopter hovers in a blue sky, with a person holding a cable from an open door; the cable is attached to a stretcher that has one person in it and another person holding its side.

Simulated Casualty

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists a rescue swimmer and simulated casualty from the deck of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Oscar Dyson during a ship-to-shore medical evacuation exercise as part of Arctic Edge 26 in Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 24, 2026.

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