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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Fitzpatrick stands watch at a .50-caliber machine gun mount aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush before it's departure from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 1, 2012, to conduct sea trials. Fitzpatrick is a aviation ordnanceman.

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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Fitzpatrick stands watch at a .50-caliber machine gun mount aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush before it's departure from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 1, 2012, to conduct sea trials. Fitzpatrick is a aviation ordnanceman.

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