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U.S. Navy sailors prepare an E-2C Hawkeye for flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, Pacific Ocean, Feb. 9, 2009. The sailors are assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112. The USS Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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U.S. Navy sailors prepare an E-2C Hawkeye for flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, Pacific Ocean, Feb. 9, 2009. The sailors are assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112. The USS Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

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