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U.S. Navy Airman Ashley Ordorica sights an incoming target during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 11, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

ON THE HORIZON

U.S. Navy Airman Ashley Ordorica sights an incoming target during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 11, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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