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U.S. Navy sailors scrub the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) after completing flight operations in the Pacific Ocean on June 4, 2009. The Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 11 are conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of southern California in preparation for a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy sailors scrub the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

U.S. Navy sailors scrub the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) after completing flight operations in the Pacific Ocean on June 4, 2009. The Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 11 are conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of southern California in preparation for a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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