1006244830B-082 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 24, 2010) Capt. David Lausman, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), explains emergency breakaway procedures to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Umio Otsuka, commander of Escort Flotilla 2, during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is participating in Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX), an annual bilateral exercise involving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense

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1006244830B-082 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 24, 2010) Capt. David Lausman, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), explains emergency breakaway procedures to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Umio Otsuka, commander of Escort Flotilla 2, during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is participating in Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX), an annual bilateral exercise involving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Navy. Navy

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