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In this file photo taken June 29, 1990, Adm. Frank B. Kelso II speaks ...
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Captain Mark A. Vance reports for duty as Commander Carrier Air Wing T...
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ailors pause a moment to take a group photograph with their outgoing C...
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - CINCPACFLT Change of Command
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