PUGET SOUND, Wash - (Nov. 3, 2016) - Airman Joseph Kraft, a native of Blue Springs, Missouri, blows out pad-eyes on the flight deck while USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits through the Puget Sound. Nimitz is underway to conduct routine operations in preparation for an upcoming 2017 deployment.

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