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U.S. Navy Seaman Carmen Alfaro reads to children during a Pacific Partnership 2011 civil action project in Lae, Papua New Guinea, May 25, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance initiative is making port visits to Papus New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia. Alfaro, is a hospital corpsman assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Carmen Alfaro reads to children during a Pacific Partnership 2011 civil action project in Lae, Papua New Guinea, May 25, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance initiative is making port visits to Papus New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia. Alfaro, is a hospital corpsman assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland.

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