USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

140918-N-TP834-910 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2014) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Valiant Shield, a U.S.-only biennial exercise focusing on the integration of joint training among U.S. forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

140520-N-UW005-873 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 20, 2014) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) conduct a replenishment-at-sea. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shantece Gonzalez/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) The Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) conduct a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10), center, as the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32), background, approaches. Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Daring is assigned to Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152 and is conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

USS Carl Vinson

ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32) transits the Arabian Gulf with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Daring is assigned to Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152 and is conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

ARABIAN GULF (March 9, 2012) Sailors commemorate 30 years since the ship's commissioning with a formation on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson was commissioned March 13, 1982. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

ARABIAN SEA (Feb. 18, 2011) A Sailor scrubs the flight deck after sunset aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 1, 2011) Sailors ring in the new year at midnight with a qualification fire of pencil flares in the first time zone west of the International Date Line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

Aircraft markers

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2010) Sailors position aircraft markers on the Ouija board during a simulated general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a three-week composite training unit exercise followed by a deployment to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian T. White/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 16, 2010) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) render honors during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony on the flight deck. Carl Vinson is in port in San Diego following a tailored ship's availability and final evaluation problem. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Rosa Arzola/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

SAN DIEGO (April 12, 2010) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails as the ship transits Turning Basin toward its new homeport of Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 conducted humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti during Operation Unified Response and held partnership exercises with seven Latin American countries as part of Southern Seas 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen G. Hale/Released)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Lauren Johnson stands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) is tested for Carl Vinson's AFFF Certification.

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