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Caption:
Pacific Ocean (May 30, 2005) - Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS
Canberra (FFG 02) and guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62)
underway in formation prior to a replenishment at sea with the Military
Sealift Command (MSC) underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe
(T-AO 199). The conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
CV 63) and ships of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group are currently
preparing to conduct combined exercise Talisman Saber, a joint exercise
conducted with Australian Navy to enhance combat readiness. Kitty Hawk
is currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR),
demonstrating 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 3rd Class Bo Flannigan
(RELEASED)
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