150521-N-YB023-056 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (May 21, 2015) Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Patrick Paquet from Riverside, Calif., installs centering sockets in a MH-60R helicopter in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later this year after serving

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150521-N-YB023-056 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (May 21, 2015) Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Patrick Paquet from Riverside, Calif., installs centering sockets in a MH-60R helicopter in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later this year after serving seven years as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Clemente A. Lynch/Released) USS George Washington flight operations 150521-N-YB023-056

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