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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor in a ship's pilot house uses binoculars to look out the window.

Four Eyes

A sailor stands watch in the pilot house of the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, June 20, 2026.

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