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U.S. Navy Seaman Darrell Moore and other sailors heave a messenger line aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 17, 2009.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Darrell Moore and other sailors heave a messenger line aboard the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 17, 2009.

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