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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two sailors push and pull cargo toward an aircraft on a ship's flight deck as two others stand nearby, with an orangish, sunlit sky over the horizon in the background.

Pushing Through the Twilight

A Navy CMV-22B Osprey prepares for takeoff on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea, May 30, 2026.

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