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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Tadd Gorman, right, commanding officer of the USS Ross, explains a recent patrol to U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and his wife, Deanie, during a ship tour on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 6, 2014.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Tadd Gorman, right, commanding officer of the USS Ross, explains a recent patrol to U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and his wife, Deanie, during a ship tour on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 6, 2014.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Tadd Gorman, right, commanding officer of the USS Ross, explains a recent patrol to U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and his wife, Deanie, during a ship tour on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 6, 2014.

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