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U.S. Navy Seaman Katie Griffith, Petty Officer 3rd Class Veronica Calhoun and Seaman Reginald Dean wash down an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 6, 2011. Griffith is a aviation machinist's mate airman, Calhoun is a aviation electronics technician, and Dean is a aviation structural mechanic airman assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

U.S. Navy Seaman Katie Griffith, Petty Officer 3rd Class Veronica Calhoun and Seaman Reginald Dean wash down an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 6, 2011. Griffith is a aviation machinist's mate airman, Calhoun is a aviation electronics technician, and Dean is a aviation structural mechanic airman assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

U.S. Navy Seaman Katie Griffith, Petty Officer 3rd Class Veronica Calhoun and Seaman Reginald Dean wash down an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 6, 2011. Griffith is a aviation machinist's mate airman, Calhoun is a aviation electronics technician, and Dean is a aviation structural mechanic airman assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 22.

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