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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Derrick Cruz (left) and Airman Steven Brown of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 affix ordnance to the wing of an F/A-18A+ Hornet fighter aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) underway in the Gulf of Oman on Feb. 4, 2009. The ship and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Derrick Cruz and Airman Steven Brown affix ordnance.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Derrick Cruz (left) and Airman Steven Brown of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 affix ordnance to the wing of an F/A-18A+ Hornet fighter aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) underway in the Gulf of Oman on Feb. 4, 2009. The ship and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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