Lt. Philip Park, from Tacoma, Wash., conducts a tooth filling procedure with Hospital Corpsman Amber Brace, from Fort Worth, Texas, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington. The dental department aboard George Washington conducts more than 300 procedures a month. George Washington returned to her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, November 22, after navigating more than 50,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific Ocean to operate with more than a dozen different nations during her nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean.