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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Coast Guardsman on a personal watercraft in the water watches as a hovering orange helicopter hoists a swimmer attached to a line.

Sea World

Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Ilima Maiava operates a rescue watercraft while the crew of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hoists a rescue swimmer during training off Kapolei, Hawaii, June 3, 2026. Barbers Point is the first Coast Guard air station to use rescue watercraft to facilitate additional training for aircrews.

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