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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Rogers, center, supervises Seamen Aaron Deskins, left, and Tyler Tassio, as they work on an M-61A2 Vulcan 20-mm Gatling gun in the aviation ordnance shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 25, 2011. Rogers is an aviation ordnanceman, Deskins is an airman and Tassio is an aviation ordnanceman airman. The George Washington is currently conducting a patrol while deployed to the western Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Rogers, center, supervises Seamen Aaron Deskins, left, and Tyler Tassio, as they work on an M-61A2 Vulcan 20-mm Gatling gun in the aviation ordnance shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 25, 2011. Rogers is an aviation ordnanceman, Deskins is an airman and Tassio is an aviation ordnanceman airman. The George Washington is currently conducting a patrol while deployed to the western Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Rogers, center, supervises Seamen Aaron Deskins, left, and Tyler Tassio, as they work on an M-61A2 Vulcan 20-mm Gatling gun in the aviation ordnance shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 25, 2011. Rogers is an aviation ordnanceman, Deskins is an airman and Tassio is an aviation ordnanceman airman. The George Washington is currently conducting a patrol while deployed to the western Pacific region.

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