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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chance Adams, left, instructs Seaman Justin Coleman during a .50-caliber gun firing exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 8, 2014. Adams is a gunner's mate, and Coleman is an aviation ordnanceman airman.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chance Adams, left, instructs Seaman Justin Coleman during a .50-caliber gun firing exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 8, 2014. Adams is a gunner's mate, and Coleman is an aviation ordnanceman airman.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chance Adams, left, instructs Seaman Justin Coleman during a .50-caliber gun firing exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 8, 2014. Adams is a gunner's mate, and Coleman is an aviation ordnanceman airman.

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