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Navy Seaman Lauren Lindhout sands an angle iron on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 17, 2015. Lindhout is an aviation boatswain's mate airman

Navy Seaman Lauren Lindhout sands an angle iron on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 17, 2015. Lindhout is an aviation boatswain's mate airman

Navy Seaman Lauren Lindhout sands an angle iron on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, Wash., Feb. 17, 2015. Lindhout is an aviation boatswain's mate airman

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