A Port Stop and a Camel Ride

December 27, 2012 7:22AM

Sailors stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis enjoy a camel ride while in port in Jebel Ali, Dubai. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Lawrence

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Paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during Operation Spartan Reach, a mass tactical airborne training event in Alaska. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher

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