080822-N-1038M-017 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 22, 2008) A Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System fires during a Pre-aimed Calibration Fire exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is off the coast of Southern California conducting flight deck qualifications with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 for the first time. George Washington departed San Diego en route to Yokosuka, Japan, where the ship will replace the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
080822-N-1038M-017 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 22, 2008) A Phalanx Closed-in Weapons System fires during a Pre-aimed Calibration Fire exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is off the coast of Southern California conducting flight deck qualifications with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 for the first time. George Washington departed San Diego en route to Yokosuka, Japan, where the ship will replace the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony R. Martinez/Released) 080822-N-1038M-017
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