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Families watch as the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze departs into the fog at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Jan. 5, 2007. The Nitze is part of the Bataan Expeditionary Strike group deployed in support of the ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces.

INTO THE FOG

Families watch as the guided missile destroyer USS Nitze departs into the fog at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Jan. 5, 2007. The Nitze is part of the Bataan Expeditionary Strike group deployed in support of the ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces.

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