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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Service members sit in the open doorway of an airborne helicopter illuminated by a yellowish light.

Glowing in the Dark

Coast Guardsmen, sailors and Marines take off in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter ahead of a right of visit boarding in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 7, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean to support the U.S. Southern Command mission, War Department-directed operations and President Donald J. Trump's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland.

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