Posted: 09/01/2009
090902-N-6233H-026 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 2, 2009) Sailors try to push a barrel across the flight deck with a fire hose during the damage control Olympics aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is completing her inaugural summer deployment supporting security and stability in the western Pacific ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Rachel N. Hatch)