Keywords: US Navy 021107-N-9236M-001 The crew of USS Carl Vinson and crew members from the newly assigned Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) team-up for a Foreign Object Damage (FOD) walk down prior to recovering the air wing's aircraft.jpg en At sea aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Nov 7 2002 -- Upon departing from San Diego the crew of USS Carl Vinson and crew members from the newly assigned Carrier Air Wing Nine CVW-9 team-up for a Foreign Object Damage FOD walk down prior to recovering the air wing's aircraft FOD walk downs are conducted to remove solid objects from the ship s flight deck that might cause damage to aircraft engines during flight operations Carl Vinson and her newly assigned Carrier Air Wing Nine CVW-9 are completing a recent workup exercise in the Southern California operating area in preparation for an upcoming regularly scheduled deployment U S Navy photo by Lt Cmdr Bob Meeker RELEASED 2002-11-07 021107-N-9236M-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3256 U S Navy photo by Lt Cmdr Bob Meeker PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Foreign Object Damage walk downs |