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Chief Equipment Operator Jerry Greer, project chief for work at the Soccoro Sanchez Primary School, holds a plaque presented to the USS Kearsarge crew by the school staff for their hard work in Santo Dominigo, Dominican Republic, Oct. 14, 2008.

Chief Equipment Operator Jerry Greer, project chief for work at the Soccoro Sanchez Primary School, holds a plaque presented to the USS Kearsarge crew by the school staff for their hard work in Santo Dominigo, Dominican Republic, Oct. 14, 2008.

Chief Equipment Operator Jerry Greer, project chief for work at the Soccoro Sanchez Primary School, holds a plaque presented to the USS Kearsarge crew by the school staff for their hard work in Santo Dominigo, Dominican Republic, Oct. 14, 2008.

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