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U.S. Navy Seaman Tiffany Romero, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikkos Thomas carry holdback bars off the flight deck after launching aircraft from the bow catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2012. Romero, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment airman, and Thomas, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment, are assigned to the air department.

U.S. Navy Seaman Tiffany Romero, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikkos Thomas carry holdback bars off the flight deck after launching aircraft from the bow catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2012. Romero, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment airman, and Thomas, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment, are assigned to the air department.

U.S. Navy Seaman Tiffany Romero, left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikkos Thomas carry holdback bars off the flight deck after launching aircraft from the bow catapults aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2012. Romero, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment airman, and Thomas, an aviation boatswain's mate equipment, are assigned to the air department.

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