USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).
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Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 05, 2005) USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intermediate-level strike group exercise designed to forge the strike group into a cohesive, fighting team. COMPTUEX is a critical step in the pre-deployment training cycle. U.S. Navy Illustration by Draftsman 2nd Class Sabrina Parker File# 060305-N-3130P-002
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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