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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two people wearing dark blue military uniforms and white hats face backward while holding an American flag attached to a pole outside under a pastel sky.

Conducting Colors

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Cortland Edwards, left, a culinary specialist, and Seaman Alexia Mezick, a mass communications specialist, conduct colors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Puget Sound, Wash., Feb. 4, 2026.

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