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The flight deck crew of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) waits for the signal to rig the crash barricade on the flight deck during a General Quarters drill in the Atlantic Ocean on July 27, 2005. The crash barricade is designed to snare incoming aircraft during an emergency. The Nimitz-class carrier is conducting carrier qualifications and sustainment operations off of the East Coast.

The flight deck crew of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) waits for the signal to rig the crash barricade.

The flight deck crew of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) waits for the signal to rig the crash barricade on the flight deck during a General Quarters drill in the Atlantic Ocean on July 27, 2005. The crash barricade is designed to snare incoming aircraft during an emergency. The Nimitz-class carrier is conducting carrier qualifications and sustainment operations off of the East Coast.

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