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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr. speaks to sailors and Marines during a Christmas Day all-hands call aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Bahrain, Dec. 25, 2008. The Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

ABOARD THE IWO JIMA

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Reserve Affairs H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr. speaks to sailors and Marines during a Christmas Day all-hands call aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Bahrain, Dec. 25, 2008. The Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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