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Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz release chains from cargo while conducting a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier, Aug. 4, 2007. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing 11 are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet operating area.

IN THE PACIFIC

Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz release chains from cargo while conducting a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier, Aug. 4, 2007. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing 11 are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet operating area.

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