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U.S. Navy Seaman Francheska K. Montoya and students from Gordon Heights Elementary School prepare to start painting during a community relations project in Subic Bay, Philippines, on Oct. 16, 2007. Montoya and other sailors with the USS Tortuga (LSD 46) are participating in bilateral exercises Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise FY 08 with the armed forces of the Philippines.

Seaman Francheska K. Montoya and students prepare to start painting.

U.S. Navy Seaman Francheska K. Montoya and students from Gordon Heights Elementary School prepare to start painting during a community relations project in Subic Bay, Philippines, on Oct. 16, 2007. Montoya and other sailors with the USS Tortuga (LSD 46) are participating in bilateral exercises Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise FY 08 with the armed forces of the Philippines.

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