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U.S. Navy Seaman Kimberly Pagan communicates with the combat information center during a general quarters drill aboard dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) underway in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 22, 2009. The ship is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group.

Seaman Kimberly Pagan communicates with the combat information center.

U.S. Navy Seaman Kimberly Pagan communicates with the combat information center during a general quarters drill aboard dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) underway in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 22, 2009. The ship is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group.

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