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A U.S. Navy sailor serving as an aviation ordnanceman fires a shot line from the starboard side of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos before an underway replenishment in Palawan Passage in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 18, 2010.

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A U.S. Navy sailor serving as an aviation ordnanceman fires a shot line from the starboard side of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos before an underway replenishment in Palawan Passage in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 18, 2010.

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