Caption:
Pacific Ocean (Aug. 6, 2004) -- Guided missile cruiser USS Curtis
Wilbur (CG 54) sails alongside Military Sealift Command oiler USNS
Yukon (T-AO 202) during replenishment at sea evolution. The Kitty Hawk
Carrier Strike Group is one of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs)
involved in Summer Pulse 2004, demonstrating the Navy's ability 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 test of its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Kitty Hawk is
the world's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, home
based in Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd
Class Jason T. Poplin (RELEASED)
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