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U.S. sailors and Marines man the rails as they pull into their first port call of their summer deployment on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland in Bunbury, Australia, June 29, 2015. The Ashland is patrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

FIRST PORT CALL

U.S. sailors and Marines man the rails as they pull into their first port call of their summer deployment on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland in Bunbury, Australia, June 29, 2015. The Ashland is patrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

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