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An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 12, 2009. The George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is participating in a yearly bilateral exercise with the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 12, 2009. The George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is participating in a yearly bilateral exercise with the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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