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Sep 19, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Zachary Pipher, from New York, and a mobility facility technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 31, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, secures cargo while aboard the Military Sealift Command Wright-class aviation logistics support ship SS Wright (T-AVB-3) during Exercise Carolina Dragon 25 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Sept. 16, 2025. Carolina Dragon 25 is a 2nd MAW and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 exercise designed to validate and exercise the SS Wright’s capabilities and to prepare and confirm readiness for incorporation into future 2nd MAW exercises and contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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Canon EOS R

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RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

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56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/640

ISO

125

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R

LENS

RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/640

ISO

125

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