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Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) head back to their ship in a rigid-hull inflatable boat after conducting small-boat operations in the Western Pacific Ocean on May 22, 2006.

Sailors head back to their ship in a rigid-hull inflatable boat.

Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) head back to their ship in a rigid-hull inflatable boat after conducting small-boat operations in the Western Pacific Ocean on May 22, 2006.

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