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U.S. Navy Seaman Buck Bromley and other sailors heave a messenger line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainer while underway in the Persian Gulf, May 22, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.

MESSENGER LINE

U.S. Navy Seaman Buck Bromley and other sailors heave a messenger line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment with the fast combat support ship USNS Rainer while underway in the Persian Gulf, May 22, 2008. The USS Lincoln is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security operations.

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