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Video Thursday - Heavy Weather

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Aegis destroyer in heavy seas (Photo US Navy)

With Hurricane Irene churning through the Bahamas and heading for the US East Coast, our Navy has put her ships to sea to ride out the storm...If you have never been at sea in heavy weather, it makes for sights you never forget...watch the videos below and you'll be glad to be high and dry (we hope!).

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