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F-18 Sorties from the deck of the US Enterprise on an attack mission over Afghnistan.

Bombs are loaded on an F-18 preparing for a mission over Afghnistan

The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) leads a formation of ships in the Baltic Sea after departing the Polish port of Gdynia on June 5, 2001, during Exercise Baltic Operations 2001. Baltic Operations 2001 is intended to improve interoperability with Baltic Sea Nations and Partnership for Peace countries by conducting a peace support operation at sea. This includes exercises in gunnery, replenishment-at-sea, undersea warfare, radar tracking, mine countermeasures, seamanship, search and rescue, and maritime interdiction operations. The United States and 13 other nations are participating in this year's exercise. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane McCoy, U.S. Navy.

Tug boats push the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) towards Singapore's new deep-draft vessel pier at Changi Naval Base on March 22, 2001. The Kitty Hawk is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to moor at the pier which is one of the few piers in thePacific that is large enough to berth a carrier and only one of two located in Southeast Asia. The aircraft carrier is in Singapore for a scheduled port visit during a routine deployment. DoD photo by Airman Apprentice Lee McCaskill, U.S.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan smashes the traditional bottle of champagne on the bow as she christens the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) on March 4, 2001, in Newport News, Va. President George W. Bush and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newport News Shipbuilding William P. Frick joined Reagan in the ceremony. The nuclear powered ship, named in honor of the 40th president, is being built at Newport News Shipbuilding. DoD photo by Petty Officer Mate 1st Class Johnny Bivera, U.S. Navy.

The USS Cowpens (CG 63) is assisted by tugboats as it arrives in Singapore on Feb. 2, 2001, to load humanitarian relief supplies for India's earthquake victims. The guided missile cruiser will transport the supplies to India to aid victims of the January 26th earthquake. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David C. Mercil, U.S. Navy