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U.S. Navy Seaman Robert Cruz, a gunner's mate, fires a shot line from the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 3, 2014.

U.S. Navy Seaman Robert Cruz, a gunner's mate, fires a shot line from the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 3, 2014.

U.S. Navy Seaman Robert Cruz, a gunner's mate, fires a shot line from the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 3, 2014.

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