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Caption:
At sea aboard USS Taylor (FFG 50) Mar. 9, 2004 -- The Oliver Hazard
Perry-class ship USS Taylor (FFG 50) conducts a replenishment at sea
(RAS) with the fast combat support ship USS Seattle (AOE 3). The
guided missile frigate Taylor is part of the USS John F. Kennedy Strike
Group and is currently taking part in a Composite Training Unit
Exercise (COMTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intermediate level exercise designed
to forge the strike group into a cohesive fighting team and is a
critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a
dozen ships, and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) embarked on
Kennedy, conducted war game exercises using training ranges along the
East Coast of the U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico. The exercise took
advantage of existing ranges under the Navy's comprehensive Training
Resource Strategy (TRS). These ranges offer training facilities and
realistic simulations, better preparing U.S. Navy ships and Sailors to
participate in the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. (RELEASED)
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