ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 13, 2018) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Victoria Yambo, center, from Orlando, Florida, and Airman Apprentice Brandon Richards, from West Palm Beach, Florida, brace as an MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 takes off from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Bush (CVN 77). GHWB, with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 staff, is underway in the Atlantic Ocean due to Sortie Condition Alpha, which ordered all ships to depart Hampton Roads in response to Hurricane Florence. CSG-10 is the Sortie Commander

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