Caption:
Pacific Ocean (Sep. 3, 2003) -- As the guided missile cruiser USS
Antietam (CG 54) sails in the background, two CH-46D Sea Knights
assigned to the "Gunbearers" of Helicopter Support Squardron Eleven
(HC-11) transport cargo from the fast combat support ship USS
Sacramento (AOE 1) to USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during vertical
repenishment (VERTREP). The ships are part of Carl Vinson Strike Group
which will remain in the western Pacific during the maintenance period
for the forward deployed USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). U.S. Navy Photo by
Photographer's Mate Airman Bridgette Beaudion. (RELEASED)
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