Keywords: US Navy 040629-N-8213G-008 Fireman Billy Radford, from Rigby, Idaho, inspects the number three main condenser aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).jpg en 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 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis RELEASED For more information go to <a href http //www cffc navy mil/summerpulse04 htm Target _BLANK >www cffc navy mil/summerpulse04 htm</a> 2004-06-29 040629-N-8213G-008 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15720 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 |