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U.S. Navy sailors prepare to chock and chain an aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 23, 2011. The Abraham Lincoln is under way conducting a training exercise.

CHOCK AND CHAIN

U.S. Navy sailors prepare to chock and chain an aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 23, 2011. The Abraham Lincoln is under way conducting a training exercise.

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