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reconciling their personal beliefs with the fact that they may be asked to kill others on behalf of their country, but for some it causes great inner turmoil. No matter how strong one's beliefs are, however, the temptations of the flesh can be particularly hard to resist when you are young and at sea for months on end. One young sailor learns this the hard way, when the carrier makes a stop in Perth, Australia.
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be allowed to do what they have been trained to do. Some sailors and marines feel that intercepting cargo ships and fishing vessels in search of terrorists is simply not worth the 120 degree temperatures and other dangerous conditions that they have to deal with on a daily basis. Many among the crew are beginning to question the suitability of the carrier for "this type of war".
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without dropping a single bomb or firing a single shot. Everyone on board is relieved to be finally heading home, but questions remain regarding why they were sent all this way in the first place. As the carrier crosses the equator, an ancient maritime ritual known as the
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