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U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. David Phelan, left, and Marine Corps Sgt. Vincent Flores, right, attempt to acquire a signal with secure data communication equipment on a weather deck aboard the USS Essex during Rim of the Pacific 2012 in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2012. Phelan and Flores are assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. David Phelan, left, and Marine Corps Sgt. Vincent Flores, right, attempt to acquire a signal with secure data communication equipment on a weather deck aboard the USS Essex during Rim of the Pacific 2012 in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2012. Phelan and Flores are assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. David Phelan, left, and Marine Corps Sgt. Vincent Flores, right, attempt to acquire a signal with secure data communication equipment on a weather deck aboard the USS Essex during Rim of the Pacific 2012 in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2012. Phelan and Flores are assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.

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