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Traffic Controller 2nd Class Samantha Kelly, left, takes a “selfie” with Capt. Karl Thomas, commanding officer of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, in the ship’s in-port cabin on 25 February 2015. Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation
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