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U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Becky Gates, wife of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and daughter Eleanor, in front of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri prior to the boat's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. Mrs. Gates was the USS Missouri's official sponsor for the event.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Becky Gates, wife of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and daughter Eleanor, in front of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri prior to the boat's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. Mrs. Gates was the USS Missouri's official sponsor for the event.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Reginald Brown, center, assigned to attack submarine USS Missouri, escorts the ship's sponsor, Becky Gates, wife of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and daughter Eleanor, in front of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri prior to the boat's commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., July 31, 2010. Mrs. Gates was the USS Missouri's official sponsor for the event.

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