120610-N-PK218-319 ARABIAN GULF (June 10, 2012) Midshipman 1st Class Lloyd Mickens, left, assumes the coning officer watch from Midshipman 1st Class Nathan Watson aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). Mickens and Watson are students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and the University of Mississippi. Vicksburg is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Cla

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120610-N-PK218-319 ARABIAN GULF (June 10, 2012) Midshipman 1st Class Lloyd Mickens, left, assumes the coning officer watch from Midshipman 1st Class Nathan Watson aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). Mickens and Watson are students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and the University of Mississippi. Vicksburg is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nick C. Scott/Released) - Official Navy Imagery - A Midshipman assumes the conning officer watch. (1)

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