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U.S. Navy Capt. Richard W. Rhett Butler gets hosed down after returning from his final flight as commander of Carrier Air Wing 14 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, July 27, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the Pacific.

WET DOWN

U.S. Navy Capt. Richard W. Rhett Butler gets hosed down after returning from his final flight as commander of Carrier Air Wing 14 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, July 27, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the Pacific.

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