ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 10, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Chad Smith, from Kalamazoo, Mich., removes a bolt from a wooden crate in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (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 5th Fleet area of operations.

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