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An F/A-18C Hornet is readied for launch as it sits on catapult number two on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) during flight operations in the Ionian Sea on Feb. 9, 1999. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are forward deployed to the Me***erranean Sea.

An MV-22 Engineering and Manufacturing, Development Osprey aircraft makes its landing approach to the flight deck of the USS Saipan (LHA 2) during deck landing qualifications on Jan. 16, 1999. The Saipan is the base for the aircraft''s month-long sea trials which are designed to establish the parameters for all phases of operation of the aircraft on a Tarawa class amphibious assault ship like the Saipan. The Osprey, with its unique tilt rotor design, will eventually replace the CH-46 Sea Stallion helicopter.

Aviation Ordnancemen Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeff Spengler (right) and Airman Apprentice Shulounda Payne (left) push a cart of GBU-16 bombs into a staging area on the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in preparation for operations in the Persian Gulf on Nov. 14, 1998.

The USNS Tippecanoe (TAO 199) (center) conducts an underway replenishment with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Haruna (DD 141) (left) and the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) on Oct. 8, 1998. The Kitty Hawk and her escorts are conducting joint exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

An SH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Seven (HS-7) hovers off the bow of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN 65. The Enterprise and HS-7 are engaged in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Puerto Rico operating area.

The Navy''s newest aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman CVN 75 sails off the coast of Virginia during initial shipyard sea trials. The USS Harry S. Truman will be commissioned Saturday, July 25, 1998.

Members of the Trident ballistic missile submarine USS Ohio (SSBN 726) Blue crew commemorate the completion of an historic 50th strategic patrol by spelling out fifty on deck as the submarine returns to Bangor, Wash., on March 12, 1998. The Ohio, which the lead boat of its class, is the first Trident submarine to tally 50 patrols.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Keers (right) instructs U.S. Navy Seabees Petty Officers 3rd Class Jeff Peters (center) and John Kirkwood (left) on mortar tactics during Exercise Mountain Bee ''97 at Fort Carson, Colo., on May 16, 1997. The exercise will give the reserve Seabees in-field training on the use of weapons, medical evacuations, communications, logistics and other combat related training. Keers is attached to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group. Peters and Kirkwood are attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) steams in the Persian Gulf on May 25, 1997, during Operation Southern Watch. Southern Watch is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The Constellation Battle Group and its air wing are enforcing the no-fly zones and also are monitoring shipping in the Persian Gulf region.

Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas E. Stoneham performs maintenance on a EA-6B Prowler parked on the crowded flight deck of the USS Constellation (CV 64) in the central Pacific Ocean on April 10, 1997. The USS Constellation battle group is en route to the Persian Gulf to enforce no-fly zones and monitor shipping to and from the region. Stoneham is an Aviation Electrician''s Mate assigned to Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash.