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Sailors rig the barricade during a flight deck drill on the USS Carl Vinson, which is underway in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Nov. 22, 2014.

TUG OF WAR

Sailors rig the barricade during a flight deck drill on the USS Carl Vinson, which is underway in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Nov. 22, 2014.

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