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Sailors fold the American flag to prepare for the USS America to leave port during Rim of the Pacific 2016 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 12, 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the exercise in Hawaii and Southern California. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Ibarra

Folding the Flag

Sailors fold the American flag to prepare for the USS America to leave port during Rim of the Pacific 2016 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 12, 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the exercise in Hawaii and Southern California. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Ibarra

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