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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Barron Montowski paints the Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 23 logo on the basketball court at Rafaela Santaella Basic School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 23, 2011. Montowski is a steelworker assigned to NMCB 23, which completed a three-week project at the school as part of an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Barron Montowski paints the Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 23 logo on the basketball court at Rafaela Santaella Basic School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 23, 2011. Montowski is a steelworker assigned to NMCB 23, which completed a three-week project at the school as part of an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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