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U.S. Navy Seaman Salvador Flores jumps rope while exercising in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, under way in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 31, 2011. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Flores is an aviation ordnanceman airman.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Salvador Flores jumps rope while exercising in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, under way in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 31, 2011. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Flores is an aviation ordnanceman airman.

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