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U.S. Navy sailors fire shot lines from the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear during a replenishment in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 9, 2011. Gridley is under way with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

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U.S. Navy sailors fire shot lines from the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear during a replenishment in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 9, 2011. Gridley is under way with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

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