Caption:
Japan (July 19, 2004) -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) departs Yokosuka Naval
Base and prepares to transit the Tokyo Bay, to the Pacific Ocean. The
Kitty Hawk Strike Group is participating in Summer Pulse 2004, the
simultaneous deployment of seven carrier 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). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate
2nd Class William H. Ramsey (RELEASED)
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