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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Service members wearing camouflage uniforms and facing each other in two lines while standing on a dark street salute as a vehicle with headlights on moves forward between the facing service members.

Honor Escort

Service members line a street during an honor escort — also known as a fallen soldier procession — for Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guardsman, in Washington, Nov. 27, 2025. Military members stand silently during the solemn tradition, symbolizing the nation's gratitude for a life given in service as a fallen comrade is escorted to their final resting place.

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