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U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Bill Stocker, right, checks equipment on Seaman John Dirks during exercise Dugong 2015 near Hobart, Australia, Oct. 7, 2015. Stocker and Dirks are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Rolston

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U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Bill Stocker, right, checks equipment on Seaman John Dirks during exercise Dugong 2015 near Hobart, Australia, Oct. 7, 2015. Stocker and Dirks are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Rolston

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