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U.S. Navy sailors watch as waves crash high above the deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley under way in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 6, 2009.

WAVE RIDERS

U.S. Navy sailors watch as waves crash high above the deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley under way in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 6, 2009.

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