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Lt. Cmdr. Brooks Rogers, the air boss aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), watches flight operations Feb. 11, 2020, as an MV-22B Osprey takes off from Portland's flight deck to simulate an air assault on Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Exercise Iron Fist 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Paulauskas/Navy)