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Navy Lt.j.g Matthew Elliott returns to Naval Station Everett, Wash., Dec. 10, 2017, after a six-month deployment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup in the western Pacific Ocean. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Montemarano

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