USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Deployment
161020-N-QI061-024 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabrielle Embry signals to an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Embry serves as an aviation boatswain’s mate (handling) aboard Ike. 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard)