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U.S. Navy Seaman Michael Beckwith operates a flight deck scrubber during a deck wash aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz at sunset, Dec. 18, 2009, in the North Arabian Sea. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

SUNSET WASH

U.S. Navy Seaman Michael Beckwith operates a flight deck scrubber during a deck wash aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz at sunset, Dec. 18, 2009, in the North Arabian Sea. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

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