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Navy Chief Petty Officer Barbara Bays says goodbye to her parents before deploying.
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Barbara Bays says goodbye to her parents before deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., on July 27, 2004. Bays is a Naval Reservist assigned to Cargo Handling Battalion Seven that will be relieving forces that deployed to Iraq in January 2004.