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A sailor wearing a face mask and gloves gives a vaccine to a person wearing a face mask.

COVID-19 Vaccine

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Hizyme Potter, left, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Navy Capt. Stewart Bateshansky, commodore of Amphibious Squadron 3, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island in the Arabian Gulf, March 19, 2021. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

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