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U.S. Navy Seaman Buckingham chats with her family member while she and other sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) man the rails during Lincoln's departure from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a Tiger Cruise on July 29, 2006. The Tiger Cruise allows families and friends of the crew an opportunity to experience life at sea by embarking aboard the ship for a week.

U.S. Navy Seaman Buckingham chats with her family member.

U.S. Navy Seaman Buckingham chats with her family member while she and other sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) man the rails during Lincoln's departure from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a Tiger Cruise on July 29, 2006. The Tiger Cruise allows families and friends of the crew an opportunity to experience life at sea by embarking aboard the ship for a week.

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