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Navy sailors prepare to lower the national ensign as the USS Ronald Reagan gets underway in San Diego, Oct. 14, 2011. Ronald Reagan is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.

NATIONAL ENSIGN

Navy sailors prepare to lower the national ensign as the USS Ronald Reagan gets underway in San Diego, Oct. 14, 2011. Ronald Reagan is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility.

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