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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Ammo flies in the air as sailors wearing protective eyewear fire weapons toward blue targets aboard a ship at sea.

Target Practice

Sailors fire M18 service pistols during a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, July 17, 2026.

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