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A sailor squats to signal a military aircraft as it prepares to take off from a Navy ship’s flight deck.

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Navy Seaman Jeff Acevedo signals an F-35B Lightning II aircraft for takeoff from the USS America in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 18, 2024. The ship is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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