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130423-N-LP801-033 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 23, 2013) Weight board operators display the weight of aircraft during flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 recently left San Diego for a deployment to the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raul Moreno Jr./Released)

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130424-N-FU443-287 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 24, 2013) A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft from the Redhawks of Training Squadron (VT) 21 taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter/Released)

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130424-N-WF272-069 PEARL HARBOR (April 24, 2013) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) passes by the Missing Man Memorial as it departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after a scheduled port visit in Hawaii. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is returning from an eight-month deployment conducting operations in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Diana Quinlan/Released)

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130423-N-YD328-058 GUANTANAMO BAY (April 23, 2013) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wyatt Huggett poses for a portrait while conducting underwater photography training off the coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Expeditionary Combat Camera's Underwater Photo Team conducts semi-annual training to hone its divers' specialized skill set and ensure valuable support of Department of Defense activities worldwide. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Tenorio/Released)

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130424-N-WL435-216 WASHINGTON (April 24, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee on the Department of the Navy fiscal year 2014 budget. Greenert testified with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos during the hearing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

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130424-N-YU572-003 DA NANG, Vietnam (April 23, 2013) Cmdr. Justin Orlich, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), gives a tour of the ship to nuns from the Con Ga Church in Da Nang, Vietnam. Chung-Hoon is currently supporting a Naval Exchange Activity (NEA) in Da Nang. The NEA provides opportunities for U.S. and Vietnamese naval professionals to share best practices and exchange maritime skills. Maritime skill exchanges between the two navies are non-combatant events, such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, medical training, fire fighting and damage control, search and rescue, diving and salvage, sports and community service projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay C. Pugh/Released)

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130423-N-AD372-023 GULF OF OMAN (April 23, 2013) Rear Adm. Bill Lescher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5, speaks with Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abraham Essenmacher/Released)

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130423-N-RG587-037 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 23, 2013) Capt. Paul C. Spedero, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), participates in a small arms shoot on the fantail. Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting unit-level training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dean M. Cates/Released)

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130423-N-IC228-001 KEY WEST, Florida (April 23, 2013) A tethered TIF-25K aerostat is positioned on the Military Sealift Command high-speed vessel Swift (HSV 2) to be tested and evaluated at sea for use in future Operation Martillo counter transnational organized crime operations while assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released)

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130423-N-IY633-051 EAST CHINA SEA (April 23, 2013) Ensign Kristine Mun keeps an eye out for contacts from the bridge of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) as the ship transits toward White Beach, Okinawa. Tortuga is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amanda S. Kitchner/Released)

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130420-N-NI474-306 VENTURA, Calif. (April 20, 2013) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) conduct an Earth Day beach clean up organized by Volunteer Ventura! at Harbor Cove. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel M. Young/Released)

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130422-N-HN991-099 U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (April 22, 2013) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Adam Whitley gives distance signals while receiving a pallet from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler ship USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) during an underway replenishment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Stockdale is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Hooper/Released)

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130418-N-NI474-268 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 18, 2013) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) fires its MK 45 5-inch/62-caliber lightweight gun during a board of inspection and survey (INSURV) rehearsal. INSURV is conducted every five years of a ship's life to ensure mission readiness and material conditions are up to standards. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel M. Young/Released)

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130421-N-RI884-070 PEARL HARBOR (April 21, 2013) The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) enters Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as friends and family members of Sailors greet them from shore. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is returning from an eight-month deployment conducting operations in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

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130421-N-YU572-057 DA NANG, Vietnam (April 21, 2013) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) shift colors after arriving in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a naval engagement activity. The engagement provides opportunities for U.S. and Vietnamese naval professionals to share best practices and exchange maritime skills in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, medical training, fire fighting and damage control, search and rescue, diving and salvage, sports and community service projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay C. Pugh/Released)

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130420-N-GC639-046 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (April 20, 2013) The guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66) transits the North Arabian Sea. Hue City is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

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