161020-N-IE397-074 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2016) A Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) fires off the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) during a live-fire exercise. Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher A. Michaels)