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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (July 20, 2004) -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class
Marion Roper from Grove Hill, Ala., directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet
into position to be launched from the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV
63). Kitty Hawk is one of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs) involved
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). Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control, as the
world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, based in
Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Bo J.
Flannigan (RELEASED)
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