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Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Sean Forsgren, loads ammunition into a .50 cal gun mount during a weapons drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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Persian Gulf (Jul. 28, 2005) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Sean Forsgren, loads ammunition into a .50 cal gun mount during a weapons drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Strike Group is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment and is participating in Maritime Security Operations (MSO). MSO set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Maebel Tinoko File# 050728-N-2143T-013
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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