MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Monica Smith, from Wilmington, North Carolina, directs a test of an alert helicopter on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in the Mediterranean Sea, March 19, 2021.
The IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trent P. Hawkins/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr.