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U.S. Navy Seaman Anthony Gallo, an aviation ordnanceman, right, salutes and shows his identification card to Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Abe Haw, the assistant junior officer of the deck, as he requests permission to come aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, which is docked in its home port at Bremerton, Wash., Oct. 8, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Anthony Gallo, an aviation ordnanceman, right, salutes and shows his identification card to Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Abe Haw, the assistant junior officer of the deck, as he requests permission to come aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, which is docked in its home port at Bremerton, Wash., Oct. 8, 2009.

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