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“USS CARL VINSON is known throughout the world, and particularly in the Middle East region, as one of the most powerful floating fortresses in the world. However, while CARL VINSON is called " 95,000 tons of diplomacy; the ship embodies more than a mass of steel plate, cable and pipe. The crew includes dedicated men and women from every state in the Union, possessing all degrees of knowledge: veteran officers and chief petty officers with decades of experience, well-trained mid-level professionals and supervisors and others fresh out of training - teenage Sailors away from home for the first time. Each works in one of 1 7 specialized departments, or in one of the 1 separate squadrons. Leadership, training and a sense of purpose blend these 5,000 individual personalities toward one goal: Being ever-ready to exercise the awes ome power of the " Gold Eagle " in support of the interests and defense of our country by being ready on arrival. USS CARL VINSON - and CARL VINSON officers and crew - set the standards of excellence and performance for which she is so well known. -* ”
