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A Navy seaman clears an AV-8B Harrier to take off during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, March 25, 2013. Boxer is under way conducting training off the coast of Southern California. The seaman is a landing signal enlisted sailor and the aircraft is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214.

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A Navy seaman clears an AV-8B Harrier to take off during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, March 25, 2013. Boxer is under way conducting training off the coast of Southern California. The seaman is a landing signal enlisted sailor and the aircraft is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214.

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