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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (June 27, 2004) -- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate directs
an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the "Cougars" of Electronic Attack
Squadron One Three Nine (VAQ-139) onto one of four steam-powered
catapults aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis
(CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14)
are currently on a scheduled deployment during Summer Pulse 2004.
Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft
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 Navy's first
deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). (RELEASED)
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