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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mervin Pile, left, observes Petty Officer 2nd Class Efrain Rodriguez-Lopez as he loads a practice round into the chamber of a grenade launcher during a training exercise on the fantail of the USS Harry S. Truman, Feb. 29, 2008.

TRAINING ON THE TRUMAN

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mervin Pile, left, observes Petty Officer 2nd Class Efrain Rodriguez-Lopez as he loads a practice round into the chamber of a grenade launcher during a training exercise on the fantail of the USS Harry S. Truman, Feb. 29, 2008.

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