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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Crystal Arizpe, assigned to the forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), records bearings in the bearing log as the Tortuga prepares to enter port at White Beach Naval Facility Okinawa, Japan, on Jan. 27, 2009.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Crystal Arizpe records bearings in the bearing log.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Crystal Arizpe, assigned to the forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), records bearings in the bearing log as the Tortuga prepares to enter port at White Beach Naval Facility Okinawa, Japan, on Jan. 27, 2009.

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