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Fire Controlman 2nd Class Sol Benavides loads 20mm ammunition into a Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, April 2, 2008. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are on a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

LOADING AMMO

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Sol Benavides loads 20mm ammunition into a Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, April 2, 2008. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are on a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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