MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 27, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Johnnie Wilkins, left, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Nettina Bond dry and place utensils into napkins for a birthday dinner for crew members whose birthdays are in the month of June aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) June 27, 2017. The ship is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 6th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operations. (

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