Caption:
ARABIAN SEA (June 22, 2009) -- Sailors aboard the guided-missile
cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) render honors to Master Chief Jeffrey J.
Garber as the ship pulls along side the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower (CVN 69). The hoisted flags spell out "Fair Winds Master
Chief Garber." Garber, Carrier Air Wing 7 command master chief, died
June 20 of apparent natural causes while deployed aboard Dwight D.
Eisenhower. He was 43. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed
to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting operations
Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom as well as maritime security
operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd
Class Rafael Figueroa Medina (RELEASED)
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