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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paige Gardziola reads to Vietnamese children during an English conversation community event as part of Pacific Partnership 2016 in Da Nang, Vietnam, July 19, 2016. Gardziola is assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hank Gettys

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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paige Gardziola reads to Vietnamese children during an English conversation community event as part of Pacific Partnership 2016 in Da Nang, Vietnam, July 19, 2016. Gardziola is assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hank Gettys

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