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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kashanti Bowden plays with students of the San Juan Nepomuceno Elementary School during a community friendship building event as a part of exercise Balikatan in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 18, 2010. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Philippines. Bowden is a fire controlman assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kashanti Bowden plays with students of the San Juan Nepomuceno Elementary School during a community friendship building event as a part of exercise Balikatan in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 18, 2010. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Philippines. Bowden is a fire controlman assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex.

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