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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Wilke, commanding officer the littoral combat ship USS Freedom, holds a press conference for members of forgeign media aboard the ship's flight deck in Singapore, April 18, 2013. Freedom's arrival in Singapore highlights the next phase of an an eight-month deployment to Southeast Asia.

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Wilke, commanding officer the littoral combat ship USS Freedom, holds a press conference for members of forgeign media aboard the ship's flight deck in Singapore, April 18, 2013. Freedom's arrival in Singapore highlights the next phase of an an eight-month deployment to Southeast Asia.

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