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A young boy grins through the face shield of a helmet as he is fitted into an explosive ordnance disposal suit at the 21st Annual National Night Out event held at the Marinai Housing Community Center, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, on Aug. 3, 2004. Naval Air Station Sigonella provides logistics support for Commander, Sixth Fleet and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in the Mediterranean area of operation.

A young boy grins through the face shield of the helmet of an explosive ordnance disposal suit.

A young boy grins through the face shield of a helmet as he is fitted into an explosive ordnance disposal suit at the 21st Annual National Night Out event held at the Marinai Housing Community Center, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, on Aug. 3, 2004. Naval Air Station Sigonella provides logistics support for Commander, Sixth Fleet and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in the Mediterranean area of operation.

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