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Navy Chief Petty Officer Dwayne Brown says goodbye to his daughter on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story before deploying aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead in Virginia Beach, Va., Dec. 28, 2014.

SAYING GOODBYE

Navy Chief Petty Officer Dwayne Brown says goodbye to his daughter on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story before deploying aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead in Virginia Beach, Va., Dec. 28, 2014.

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