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Navy Airman Tameca Howard communicates with a sound powered phone as she stands fire watch in the hangar bay conflagration station during a general quarters drill aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on Feb. 9, 2007. The Stennis Carrier Strike Group is en route to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Airman Tameca Howard communicates with a sound powered phone.

Navy Airman Tameca Howard communicates with a sound powered phone as she stands fire watch in the hangar bay conflagration station during a general quarters drill aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on Feb. 9, 2007. The Stennis Carrier Strike Group is en route to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

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