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U.S. Navy sailors are lifted from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and transported over the Gulf of Oman during a special patrol insertion and extraction exercise, Nov. 7, 2008. The sailors are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Platoon 222.

OMAN LIFT

U.S. Navy sailors are lifted from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and transported over the Gulf of Oman during a special patrol insertion and extraction exercise, Nov. 7, 2008. The sailors are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Platoon 222.

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