040321-N-8704K-001 Gulf of Mexico (Mar. 21, 2004) - Crash and Salvage crewmembers spray-down the flight deck during a scrub-down exercise (SRUBEX) aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The aircraft carrier is currently transiting back to her homeport of Mayport, Florida after successfully completing Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). The exercise is an intermediate level exercise designed to forge the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) into a cohesive fighting team and is a critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a dozen ships and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-1
040321-N-8704K-001 Gulf of Mexico (Mar. 21, 2004) - Crash and Salvage crewmembers spray-down the flight deck during a scrub-down exercise (SRUBEX) aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). The aircraft carrier is currently transiting back to her homeport of Mayport, Florida after successfully completing Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). The exercise is an intermediate level exercise designed to forge the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) into a cohesive fighting team and is a critical step in pre-deployment training. During COMPTUEX, more than a dozen ships and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) embarked on Kennedy, conducted war game exercise using training ranges along the East Coast of the and the Gulf of Mexico. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten. (RELEASED) US Navy 040321-N-8704K-001 Crash and Salvage crewmembers spray-down the flight deck during a scrub-down exercise (SRUBEX) aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)
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