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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jathan Lane (left), an aircraft director assigned to V-1 Division of the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), guides an aircraft onto a steam-powered catapult as Petty Officer 3rd Class David Myrtil observes under instruction while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 1, 2010. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 conducted a three-week composite training unit exercise before a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.
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