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U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Jacob Christopher Hauser checks a navigation radar on the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem south of Japan, Nov. 7, 2014. The ship is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

NAVIGATION CHECK

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Jacob Christopher Hauser checks a navigation radar on the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem south of Japan, Nov. 7, 2014. The ship is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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