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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Flames burst from the muzzle of a machine gun fired by a Marine lying in the prone position, looking through a night vision device at night, with stars visible in the sky.

Under the Stars

A Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Division's 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fires an M240B machine gun during a night live-fire training exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 21, 2026.

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