Caption:
Arabian Gulf (July 09, 2004) -- A C-2 Greyhound assigned to "Rawhides"
of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Four Zero (VRC-40) performs a
start-up procedure on a starboard engine on the flight deck aboard USS
John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Kennedy and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen
(CVW-17) are participating in Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous
deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the
ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in
five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces.
Summer Pulse is the NavyÕs first deployment under its new Fleet
Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy Photograph by Photographer's Mate 2nd
Class Michael Sandberg (RELEASED)
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