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U.S. Navy Seabee Justin Holden smoothes and levels wet cement at Basica Rafaela Santaella school during a community service project supporting Southern Partnership Station 2012 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 11, 2011. Holden is an equipment operator assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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U.S. Navy Seabee Justin Holden smoothes and levels wet cement at Basica Rafaela Santaella school during a community service project supporting Southern Partnership Station 2012 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 11, 2011. Holden is an equipment operator assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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