Story by Seaman Joshua Leonard | USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) | 10.20.2018
Steam fills the room as a metal bucket full of liquid flux, a metal adhesive, heats up. The beat of music playing in the background helps Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Haden Phillips stay in rhythm as he hammers the grit out of an arresting gear wire. While Phillips hammers, the rest of the Sailors in the room prepare the equipment they will need for the arresting gear socket pour.......
