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Cpl. Jason Kay moves .50-caliber machine guns on the flight deck of th...
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Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42...
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The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) extend...
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A team of hospital corpsmen x-ray a simulated patient during a medical...
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Quartermaster Seaman Dylan Poage takes a bearing from vultures' row ab...
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Gunner's mates fire a 40mm saluting battery from the vulture's row of ...
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Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Erikka Lechman, left, an...
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An AV-8B Harrier, from the
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Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Jordan Baker performs maintenance ...
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The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and an MH-60S...
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Sailors tighten a spindle in the machinery repair room aboard the San ...
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Seaman Nikolas Malone signals to the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet reple...
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Airman Gabriela Vazquez inspects the clarity of a JP-5 fuel sample abo...
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A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, attached to the
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An F-35B Lightning II sits on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphib...
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Sailors conduct a functional inspection on a .50-caliber machine gun a...
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The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), center, and the gui...
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Airman Montee Johnson salutes the USS Arizona Memorial as the Wasp-cla...
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Landing Craft Air Cushion 9 heads towards the forward
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Capt. David Fluker, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibi...
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