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U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Woo Choe (right) and Luke Bacon watch flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 14, 2007. Choe and Bacon are Navy aviation boatswain's mates assigned to the crash and salvage crew on the flight deck.

U.S. Navy Petty Officers watch flight operations.

U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Woo Choe (right) and Luke Bacon watch flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship operates in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 14, 2007. Choe and Bacon are Navy aviation boatswain's mates assigned to the crash and salvage crew on the flight deck.

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