U.S. Pacific Fleet
120118-N-SF704-043
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 18, 2012) - Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Donette Marshall from Brooklyn, N.Y., cleans used grease from her scraper while cleaning removed deck plates on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington Sailors removed one of the ship’s catapults so they could conduct routine cleaning and maintenance of the catapult, the housing and the catapult’s deck plates. George Washington returned to her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, November 22, after navigating more than 50,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific to operate with more than a dozen different nations during her nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Pittman/RELEASED)
120118-N-SF704-043
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 18, 2012) - Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Donette Marshall from Brooklyn, N.Y., cleans used grease from her scraper while cleaning removed deck plates on the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington Sailors removed one of the ship’s catapults so they could conduct routine cleaning and maintenance of the catapult, the housing and the catapult’s deck plates. George Washington returned to her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, November 22, after navigating more than 50,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific to operate with more than a dozen different nations during her nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Pittman/RELEASED)