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U.S. Navy Seaman Frederick Vaughan, a musician assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces Band, places a reed inside his clarinet during a performance for the Cruise Missile Support Activity Atlantic change of command and retirement ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk's Vista Pointe Club in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 16, 2008.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Frederick Vaughan, a musician assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces Band, places a reed inside his clarinet during a performance for the Cruise Missile Support Activity Atlantic change of command and retirement ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk's Vista Pointe Club in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 16, 2008.

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