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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta re-enlists sailors and Marines on board the USS Peleliu in the Pacific Ocean, March 30, 2012. Panetta visited Marines and sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Force, who are embarked aboard the ship, which is operating off the coast of California.

PELELIU RE-UP

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta re-enlists sailors and Marines on board the USS Peleliu in the Pacific Ocean, March 30, 2012. Panetta visited Marines and sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Force, who are embarked aboard the ship, which is operating off the coast of California.

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