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U.S. Navy sailors tie down a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft to the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) on Sept. 2, 2006. Iwo Jima is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations.

U.S. Navy sailors tie down a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft.

U.S. Navy sailors tie down a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft to the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) on Sept. 2, 2006. Iwo Jima is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations.

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