Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Airman Ekwele Nwalipenja, from San Francisco, assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 conducts fuel sample training on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Airman Ekwele Nwalipenja, second from right, from San Francisco, assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 conducts fuel sample training on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Airman Ekwele Nwalipenja, left, from San Francisco, assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 conducts fuel sample training on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Airman Ekwele Nwalipenja, from San Francisco, assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 conducts fuel sample training on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Sailors assigned to the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 perform phase maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Francisco Pereira, from Nawgatuck, Conn., installs an encoder/decoder on an F/A-18C Hornet from the Mighty Shrikes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Glenn Valmeo, from Long Beach, Calif., helps position a General Electric F-414 Super Hornet engine on an engine cart in the jet engine shop aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Brown | USS Carl Vinson | 08.25.2014
Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Apprentice Steven Smith, from Brooklyn, N.Y., helps position a General Electric F-414 Super Hornet engine on an engine cart in the jet engine shop aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. (U.S. Navy photo......