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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor works on a dummy lying in a field as fellow sailors train in the background during the day.

In the Field

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marysia Russek, a dental assistant assigned to the 1st Dental Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during Authorized Dental Allowances List Exercise 26.3 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 21, 2026. The exercise is designed to qualify medical and dental personnel while building proficiency with expeditionary equipment and field operations.

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