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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdrs. Shane Stoughton, left, and Ana Tempone deploy a drifting buoy used to measure ocean currents from the fantail aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 9, 2012. Stoughton and Tempone are meteorology and oceanography officers.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdrs. Shane Stoughton, left, and Ana Tempone deploy a drifting buoy used to measure ocean currents from the fantail aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 9, 2012. Stoughton and Tempone are meteorology and oceanography officers.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdrs. Shane Stoughton, left, and Ana Tempone deploy a drifting buoy used to measure ocean currents from the fantail aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 9, 2012. Stoughton and Tempone are meteorology and oceanography officers.

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