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Friends and family sit on the pier as the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge prepares to depart from Norfolk Naval Station, Va., Aug. 27, 2010, on a U.S. humanitarian mission to Pakistan to support flood relief efforts.

ON TO PAKISTAN

Friends and family sit on the pier as the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge prepares to depart from Norfolk Naval Station, Va., Aug. 27, 2010, on a U.S. humanitarian mission to Pakistan to support flood relief efforts.

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