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A sailor climbs the Jacob's ladder during visit, board, search and seizure operations aboard the Military Sealift Command USNS Prevail in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 16, 2009. The sailor is assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City.

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A sailor climbs the Jacob's ladder during visit, board, search and seizure operations aboard the Military Sealift Command USNS Prevail in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 16, 2009. The sailor is assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City.

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