5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 7, 2013) Seaman Michael Brown from El Paso, Texas, prepares to hand a paintbrush to Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Mark Aktabowski from Atlanta while painting a sliding pad-eye aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Go

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5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 7, 2013) Seaman Michael Brown from El Paso, Texas, prepares to hand a paintbrush to Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Mark Aktabowski from Atlanta while painting a sliding pad-eye aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Gonzales/Released)

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