160217-N-VD165-066 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 17, 2016) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Deron Hill and Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Cipolla render salutes as the cremains of a former service member is committed to the sea during a burial at sea ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) are transiting the Pacific Ocean en route to the 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jose Jaen/Released)

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