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U. S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Christopher Gantz gives the signal to take command of an aircraft while an E-2C Hawkeye waits to taxi toward catapult one on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis off Southern California, May 29, 2008.

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U. S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Christopher Gantz gives the signal to take command of an aircraft while an E-2C Hawkeye waits to taxi toward catapult one on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis off Southern California, May 29, 2008.

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