Caption:
Caribbean Sea (May 11, 2006) -- Armada Republica Colombia (ARC) Caldas
(FM 52) stands plane guard as two F/A 18 Super Hornets launch
simultaneously off the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The George Washington Carrier
Strike group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a
maritime training and readiness deployment of the U.S. Naval forces
with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of U.S. Southern
Command's (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security. U.S.
Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael D. Blackwell II
(RELEASED)
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