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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Theresa Scheff stands watch on the forecastle aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Dewey during an underway replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn while operating in the South China Sea, Oct. 23, 2023.

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