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U.S. Navy Seaman Raymond Lovelace steers the course at full steam as the ship prepares to return homeport after participating in Exercise Malabar 2009 with the Indian navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific Ocean, May 6, 2009. Lovelace is assigned to the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge.

MALABAR RETURN

U.S. Navy Seaman Raymond Lovelace steers the course at full steam as the ship prepares to return homeport after participating in Exercise Malabar 2009 with the Indian navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific Ocean, May 6, 2009. Lovelace is assigned to the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge.

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