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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Gerson Rivadenera launches an SH-60 Sea Hawk during flight deck operations aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver in White Oak, Okinawa, Sept. 25, 2008. Denver is the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious assault ship and is part of the Expeditionary Strike Group deployed to Sasebo, Japan.

OKINAWA OPERATIONS

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Gerson Rivadenera launches an SH-60 Sea Hawk during flight deck operations aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver in White Oak, Okinawa, Sept. 25, 2008. Denver is the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious assault ship and is part of the Expeditionary Strike Group deployed to Sasebo, Japan.

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