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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paris Pharisien gives a status report during a roving watch aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) underway in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 2, 2008. The San Antonio is deployed with the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Paris Pharisien gives a status report.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paris Pharisien gives a status report during a roving watch aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) underway in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 2, 2008. The San Antonio is deployed with the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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