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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor signals while sitting next to fellow sailors on an inflatable boat as it is lowered into a body of water from a ship as seen from above.

View From Above

Sailors operate a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat during operations aboard the USS Tripoli in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 5, 2026.

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