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Caption:
Sea of Japan (Mar. 23, 2005) - An SH-60H Seahawk helicopter, assigned
to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Fourteen
(HS-14), fires an MJU-32/B Infrared Decoy Flare during an air power
demonstration near USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk Carrier
Strike Group is currently participating in the joint exercises
Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSO&I) and
Foal Eagle. RSO&I is a complex multi-phase exercise conducted
annually, tailored to train, test, and demonstrate United States and
Republic of Korea force projection and deployment capabilities. Foal
Eagle exercise runs simultaneously and trains in all aspects of
Combined Forces Command's mission. The defensive Naval Foal Eagle
exercises began Mar. 19, 2005 with eight U.S. Navy ships from the USS
Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power
projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently
forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S.
Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua LeGrand (RELEASED)
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