English: Petty Officer 1st Class Annette Torres, cryptologic technician, receives communion from Cmdr. Putnam H. Browne, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, a Eucharistic minister during Catholic Mass in the ship's forecastle. Carl Vinson is underway supporting Southern Seas 2010, a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment.

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