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Navy Ships Head Out to Sea Ahead of Hurricane Irene (Video)

As military bases all along the east coast batten down the hatches in preparation for Hurricane Irene, scores of ships in the Navy's Second Fleet are leaving Naval Station Norfolk ahead of the storm. Navy officials ordered 64 ships in the Second Fleet out to sea as a way of avoiding Hurricane Irene. The Pentagon Channel has more on the evacuation:

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