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U.S. Navy sailors, family members and friends watch as an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis as the carrier departs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2007, for San Diego. Stennis is hosting a Tiger Cruise, where servicemembers' family and friends are invited to get under way with the ship.

TIGER CRUISE

U.S. Navy sailors, family members and friends watch as an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis as the carrier departs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2007, for San Diego. Stennis is hosting a Tiger Cruise, where servicemembers' family and friends are invited to get under way with the ship.

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