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U.S. sailors fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a weapons familiarization fire on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, March 24, 2006. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 are currently underway to the Western Pacific for a scheduled six-month deployment.

Familiarization Fire

U.S. sailors fire a .50 caliber machine gun during a weapons familiarization fire on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean, March 24, 2006. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 2 are currently underway to the Western Pacific for a scheduled six-month deployment.

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