Keywords: US Navy 030923-N-1577S-001 Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joseph Romero from Falfurrias, Texas, injects Purified Protein Derivative.jpg en Western Pacific Ocean Sept 23 2003 -- Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joseph Romero from Falfurrias Texas injects Purified Protein Derivative PPD into a patient s arm during a Birth Month Recall BMR check up aboard USS Nimitz CVN 68 The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven CVW-11 are deployed to the Western Pacific and will remain there during the maintenance period of the forward deployed USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 U S policy is to maintain at least one operational carrier in the region to ensure a responsive defensive posture U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Timothy F Sosa RELEASED 2003-09-23 030923-N-1577S-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 9644 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate Airman Timothy F Sosa PD-USGov-Military-Navy Hospital Corpsman Aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Falfurrias Texas |