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Caption:
Sea of Japan (Mar. 19, 2005) -- The conventionally powered aircraft
carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) operates in the 7th Fleet area of
responsibility as she participates in the joint exercises Reception,
Staging, Onward movement, and Integration (RSO&I) and Foal Eagle.
RSO&I is a complex multi-phase exercise conducted annually,
tailored to train, test, and demonstrate United States and Republic of
Korea force projection and deployment capabilities. Foal Eagle exercise
runs simultaneously and trains in all aspects of Combined Forces
Command's mission. The defensive Naval Foal Eagle exercises began Mar.
19, 2005 with eight U.S. Navy ships from the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Carrier Strike Group. Kitty Hawk demonstrates 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 2nd Class William H. Ramsey (RELEASED)
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