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Pacific Ocean (June 29, 2004) � Fireman Billy Radford, from Rigby, Idaho, inspects the number three main condenser aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The condenser was fouled with several hundred squid and octopi following a four-day port visit to Valparaiso, Chile. Condensers are used to take in water from the ocean and cool down the ship�s engines. Reagan is underway circumnavigating South America in transit to her new homeport of San Diego, Calif., while participating in exercises supporting Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat across the globe, in five theaters with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy�s first deployment under its new Fleet Response Plan (FRP).
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