Keywords: US Navy 050826-N-8604L-043 Gunner's Mate 1st Class Walton Ciferri, watches as a weapons department Sailor fires a flare gun off the fantail.jpg en Pacific Ocean Aug 26 2005 - Gunner's Mate 1st Class Walton Ciferri watches as a weapons department Sailor fires a flare gun off the fantail aboard the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 during routine training exercise Flare guns are vital equipment used aboard ships for distress and warning shots Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility AOR 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 Airman Joshua Wayne LeGrand RELEASED 2005-08-26 050826-N-8604L-043 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 27500 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua Wayne LeGrand PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Gunner's Mate Shooting Flare guns |