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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man wearing a dark blue work uniform, welding gloves and safety goggles holds a torch and welds pipes, as white and yellow flames emit from the nozzle in a dark area.

Piping Hot

Navy Seaman Deacon Higgins, a hull maintenance technician fireman aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, brazes a pipe elbow joint in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 22, 2026.

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