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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Dodson stands watch as the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale sits anchored off the southern coast of California in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 16, 2015. Dodson is a master-at-arms. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy M. Black

Standing Watch

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Dodson stands watch as the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale sits anchored off the southern coast of California in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 16, 2015. Dodson is a master-at-arms. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy M. Black

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