The United States was conducting medical operations on the USS Carl Vinson off the Haitian coast.

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The team departed the scene via helicopter to the USS Carl Vinson in the North Arabian Sea.

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Two US carrier battle groups, the USS Enterprise and the USS Carl Vinson, are in the area.

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The Enterprise is to relieve the USS Carl Vinson, which currently is in the Gulf of Aden.

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We're also deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and the Navy's hospital ship, the Comfort.

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This morning, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived, along with helicopters that will be critical in delivering assistance in the days to come.

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The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is to arrive in Haiti on Friday morning, carrying 19 helicopters and 30 pallets of relief goods, he said.

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Richard Russell and Rep. Carl Vinson because I am a Georgian.

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The US Navy has a carrier battle group in the Gulf - centred on the USS Carl Vinson - and a second, with the USS Enterprise , in the Arabian Sea.

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As I conducted my investigation, I kept hearing that the Navy has no congressional champion, as it did first with Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson and later with Virginia Senator John Warner.

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The USS Carl Vinson arrived off the coast Friday, carrying 19 heavy-lift helicopters, 51 hospital beds, three operating rooms, and the ability to produce hundreds of thousands of gallons of drinkable water per day.

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