Keywords: US Navy 050212-N-9389D-056 Commanding Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Capt. Thomas A. Parker, presents a tail hook certificate to Natsuo Yamaguchi, member of the Japan House of Councilors.jpg en Pacific Ocean Feb 12 2005 - Commanding Officer USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 Capt Thomas A Parker presents a tail hook certificate to Natsuo Yamaguchi member of the Japan House of Councilors Yamaguchi along with 17 other distinguished visitors received a three-hour tour of Kitty Hawk while at sea Tours of Kitty Hawk are conducted to raise awareness of 7th Fleet missions and the importance of forward-deployed naval forces Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U S Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier operating from Yokosuka Japan U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Benjamin Dennis RELEASED 2005-02-12 050212-N-9389D-056 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 21858 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Benjamin Dennis PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Natsuo Yamaguchi Photographs by Benjamin Dennis |