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U.S. sailors move ordnance on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 19, 2011. The sailors are aviation ordnancemen assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a western Pacific deployment.

MOVING ORDNANCE

U.S. sailors move ordnance on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 19, 2011. The sailors are aviation ordnancemen assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a western Pacific deployment.

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