Keywords: US Navy 050324-N-8604L-091 Torpedoman's Mate Seaman Jnan Blanchard, left, and Torpedoman's Mate Seaman James Wright, place MK-89 model suspension bands on a MK-50 torpedo.jpg en Sea of Japan Mar 24 2005 - Torpedoman's Mate Seaman Jnan Blanchard left and Torpedoman's Mate Seaman James Wright place MK-89 model suspension bands on a MK-50 torpedo to make the torpedo usable with a helicopter aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 The MK-50 torpedo is an advanced lightweight digital torpedo designed for use against faster deeper-diving and more sophisticated submarines The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently participating in the joint exercises Reception Staging Onward movement and Integration RSO I and Foal Eagle RSO I is a complex multi-phase exercise conducted annually tailored to train test and demonstrate United States and Republic of Korea force projection and deployment capabilities Foal Eagle exercise runs simultaneously and trains in all aspects of Combined Forces Command's mission The defensive Naval Foal Eagle exercises began Mar 19 2005 with eight U S Navy ships from the USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 Carrier Strike Group 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 LeGrand RELEASED 2005-03-24 050324-N-8604L-091 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 23034 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua LeGrand PD-USGov-Military-Navy Foal Eagle 2005 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 |