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A US Navy boatswain’s mate launches a US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft off the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli in the Pacific Ocean on June 13, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by Jackson Ricker)

A Kongsberg naval strike missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo by Zachary D. Bell)

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The littoral combat ship USS Independence sails in the eastern Pacific. (US Navy photo by Shannon Renfroe)

The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana transits the Thames River as it arrives in Groton, Connecticut, on October 29, 2018. (US Navy photo by Steven Hoskins)

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington is underway in the South China Sea, on October 12, 2012. (Jennifer A. Villalovos via DVIDS)

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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean on February 7, 2023. (US Navy photo by Ryan Seelbach)

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A search helicopter of the Alaska Air National Guard flies over Anchorage, Alaska, on February 7, 2023. (Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on August 4, 2022. (US Space Force photo by Dakota Raub)

Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude balloon for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek on February 10, 2023. (US Navy photo by Ryan Seelbach)