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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Wickham (left) and Airman Jeffrey Meadows watch flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean on April 10, 2006. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment with Caribbean and Latin American countries.

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Wickham and Airman Jeffrey Meadows watch flight operations.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Wickham (left) and Airman Jeffrey Meadows watch flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean on April 10, 2006. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment with Caribbean and Latin American countries.

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