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Sailors stand in formation to form Japanese kanji and hiragana characters aboard the flight deck of a ship as seen from above.

View From Above

Sailors stand in formation to form Japanese kanji and hiragana characters spelling "hisashiburi," which translates to "long time, no see," on the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 6, 2024.

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