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U.S. sailors run up the flight deck ramp during a flight deck fire drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island at sea Nov. 24, 2011. Whidbey Island was deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts is the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility.

FIRE DRILL

U.S. sailors run up the flight deck ramp during a flight deck fire drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island at sea Nov. 24, 2011. Whidbey Island was deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts is the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility.

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