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A US Navy (USN) graphic illustration by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class (PHM2) Roberto Taylor. The illustration depicts The GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike group currently participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the US Naval Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives

A US Navy (USN) graphic illustration by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class (PHM2) Roberto Taylor. The illustration depicts The GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike group currently participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the US Naval Forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives

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Country: Caribbean Sea

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Roberto Taylor, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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02/05/2006

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The U.S. National Archives

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