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Navy Seaman Nikki Verdin removes trim from a door during renovations of Southeast Asian huts on Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C., Oct. 28, 2014. Verdin is a steelworker constructionman assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.

Navy Seaman Nikki Verdin removes trim from a door during renovations of Southeast Asian huts on Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C., Oct. 28, 2014. Verdin is a steelworker constructionman assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.

Navy Seaman Nikki Verdin removes trim from a door during renovations of Southeast Asian huts on Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, N.C., Oct. 28, 2014. Verdin is a steelworker constructionman assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.

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