Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Meghan Schnurr prepares .50-caliber ammunition for a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 5, 2009. The Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing 11 are underway on a deployment to the western Pacific.

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