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031127-N-6433N-001 – At sea aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) Nov. 27, 2003. Mess Management Specialist Second Class Joshua Derode of Minneapolis, prepares pecan pies for the big Thanksgiving dinner on the crew’s mess deck. The Norfolk, Va.-based carrier is conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean. Official U. S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Rex Nelson.