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Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Green embraces his wife before he embarks the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans for a scheduled deployment as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, San Diego, Nov. 14, 2011.

FINAL EMBRACE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Green embraces his wife before he embarks the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans for a scheduled deployment as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, San Diego, Nov. 14, 2011.

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