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Heavy waves crash against the USNS Tippecanoe during a replenishment-at-sea mission with the USS Makin Island under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 20, 2011.

Heavy waves crash against the USNS Tippecanoe during a replenishment-at-sea mission with the USS Makin Island under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 20, 2011.

Heavy waves crash against the USNS Tippecanoe during a replenishment-at-sea mission with the USS Makin Island under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 20, 2011.

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