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SEKONDI-TAKORADI, Ghana (March 11, 2010) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Amanda Britten, from State College, Pa., Lt. Megan Brelsford, from Albany, N.Y., and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Erly Heras, from San Diego, talk to children at St. Theresa’s Early Childhood Development Centre during a lunch break. Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) are conducting a three-day community service project at the school. Gunston Hall is on a scheduled deployment in West Africa supporting Africa Partnership Station West, an international initiative developed by Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa to improve maritime safety and security in West and Central Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Stratton/Released)