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Caption:
South Pacific Ocean (July 8, 2004) -- Aviation Boatswain’s Mate
Equipment 3rd Class Anthony Jackson assists Catapult Safety Officer Lt.
Russ Dicks, as an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Carrier
Airborne Early Warning Squadron One One Seven (VAW-117) launches off
the flight deck aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is in
the Pacific Ocean participating in Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004
is the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs),
demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat
capability across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied,
and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy’s first
deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer’s Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis (RELEASED)
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