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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Sparks fly as a shipfitter wearing protective face gear with a headlamp welds metal in a dimly lit room.

Sparks Fly

Peter Morris, a shipfitter, uses an angle grinder to touch up a steel grate at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, July 7, 2026. The shipyard stands at the forefront of America's commitment to peace through strength, delivering lethal, resilient, combat-ready submarines.

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