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Navy Seamen Victor Cedomio, left, and Austin Slaughter transport a Mark 82/BLU 111 500-pound bomb on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 30, 2017. Cedomio and Slaughter are aviation ordnanceman airman. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd fleet. Navy photo by Chief Amanda Dunford

Transporting a Bomb

Navy Seamen Victor Cedomio, left, and Austin Slaughter transport a Mark 82/BLU 111 500-pound bomb on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 30, 2017. Cedomio and Slaughter are aviation ordnanceman airman. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd fleet. Navy photo by Chief Amanda Dunford

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