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Caption:
USS KITTY HAWK, Pacific Ocean, (June 26, 2008) -- The aircraft carrier
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) receives fuel from USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200)
while steaming through the central Pacific Ocean June 26. The ships
will both be taking part in the 'Rim of the Pacific' exercise off
Hawaii in July with units from Australia, Chile, Japan, the
Netherlands, Peru, South Korea, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom. Taking part in RIMPAC will be 35 ships, six submarines,
more than 150 aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors, airmen, Marines, soldiers
and Coast Guardsmen. This will be Kitty Hawk's last exercise
before returning to the U.S. mainland for decommissioning in early
2009. Kitty Hawk first participated in RIMPAC in 1973.
Kitty Hawk will be replaced by USS George Washington (CVN 73) this
summer as the Navy's only carrier operating from Japan. U.S. Navy
photograph by Mass Communication Seaman Anthony R. Martinez (RELEASED)
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