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U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 scrub the flight deck in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 13, 2010. The George Washington will undergo interior and exterior preservation, renovations and repairs upon return to its permanently forward-deployed port at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

U.S. Navy sailors scrub the flight deck.

U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and embarked Carrier Air Wing 5 scrub the flight deck in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 13, 2010. The George Washington will undergo interior and exterior preservation, renovations and repairs upon return to its permanently forward-deployed port at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

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