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A U.S. Navy sailor from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 directs an SH-60H Seahawk helicopter prior to taking off from the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Thailand, Sept. 6, 2006. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan.

GULF OF THAILAND

A U.S. Navy sailor from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 14 directs an SH-60H Seahawk helicopter prior to taking off from the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the Gulf of Thailand, Sept. 6, 2006. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan.

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