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Chief Petty Officer John Bowler plots contacts in the Combat Direction Center aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship operates in the Caribbean Sea on April 22, 2006. The George Washington Carrier Strike group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of U.S. Naval Forces along with navies of Caribbean and Latin American countries for enhanced maritime security.

Chief Petty Officer John Bowler plots contacts in the Combat Direction Center.

Chief Petty Officer John Bowler plots contacts in the Combat Direction Center aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship operates in the Caribbean Sea on April 22, 2006. The George Washington Carrier Strike group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of U.S. Naval Forces along with navies of Caribbean and Latin American countries for enhanced maritime security.

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