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Senior Chief Yeoman Scott Baker, from Clinton, Mo., a 4th degree black belt and certified Tae Kwon Do instructor, spars with a student during a class held nightly aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
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Pacific Ocean (Jul. 06, 2004) Senior Chief Yeoman Scott Baker, from Clinton, Mo., a 4th degree black belt and certified Tae Kwon Do instructor, spars with a student during a class held nightly aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is participating in Summer Pulse 2004, the simultaneous deployment of seven carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navys first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP). Reagan is expected to arrive in late July to its new homeport of Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Aaron Burden (RELEASE) For more information go to: www.cffc.navy.mil/summerpulse04.htm File# 040706-N-7130B-001
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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