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U.S. Navy Capt. Bette Bolivar reads the book "Hands Are Not for Hitting" by Martine Agassi to pre-school children at the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Child Development Center in Yorktown, Va., April 22, 3009. Bolivar, commanding officer of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, visited the center during one of many events in April to mark the Month of the Military Child.

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U.S. Navy Capt. Bette Bolivar reads the book "Hands Are Not for Hitting" by Martine Agassi to pre-school children at the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Child Development Center in Yorktown, Va., April 22, 3009. Bolivar, commanding officer of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, visited the center during one of many events in April to mark the Month of the Military Child.

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