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U.S. Navy Seaman Phillip Culbreath whips a mooring line free from around bitts as the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) gets underway from Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2007. More than 5,500 sailors from the Ronald Reagan Strike Group are departing on a surge deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific.

U.S. Navy Seaman Phillip Culbreath whips a mooring line free.

U.S. Navy Seaman Phillip Culbreath whips a mooring line free from around bitts as the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) gets underway from Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2007. More than 5,500 sailors from the Ronald Reagan Strike Group are departing on a surge deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific.

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