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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Urias says farewell to her family before embarking on the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill for deployment at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 9, 2015. The Churchill, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, will conduct operations in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Urias says farewell to her family before embarking on the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill for deployment at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 9, 2015. The Churchill, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, will conduct operations in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Urias says farewell to her family before embarking on the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill for deployment at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 9, 2015. The Churchill, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, will conduct operations in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.

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