Gunner’s Mate Seaman Chris Plank, from Belleville, Pa., prepares to shoot a line to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a replenishment-at

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Gunner’s Mate Seaman Chris Plank, from Belleville, Pa., prepares to shoot a line to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a replenishment-at-sea. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

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