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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony Costa poses for a picture with Juan Centeno of the New York Mets baseball team after after the sailor was named the Veteran of the Game, May 21, 2014. Costa, from Queens, N.Y., is a logistics specialist assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony Costa poses for a picture with Juan Centeno of the New York Mets baseball team after after the sailor was named the Veteran of the Game, May 21, 2014. Costa, from Queens, N.Y., is a logistics specialist assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony Costa poses for a picture with Juan Centeno of the New York Mets baseball team after after the sailor was named the Veteran of the Game, May 21, 2014. Costa, from Queens, N.Y., is a logistics specialist assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill.

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