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Quartermaster 3rd Class Craig Warner uses a navigational instrument on the USS Rushmore in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 26, 2015. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Milburn/U.S. Navy) The Feb. 18 Economy & ...

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