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Caption:
Arabian Gulf (June 21, 2004) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Aaron
Sperry, left, from Lawton, Okla., and Lt. Rich Cochrane, from Wade,
N.J., monitor the approach path and arresting gear equipment of an
EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Patriots" of Electronic attack Squadron
One Four Zero (VAQ-140) before it lands on the flight deck aboard USS
George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va. based Nimitz-class
aircraft carrier and embarked Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) are on a
regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF). Washington is one of seven aircraft carriers involved in Summer
Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven
aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the
Navy to provide credible combat power 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 Michael D.
Blackwell II (RELEASED)
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