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2/27/2013 Strategy Page

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 26, 2013) Sailors load an RIM-7M missile into the NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Naval Station Norfolk on a deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Schneider)