RED SEA (Nov. 30, 2016) Seaman Anthony Cruz checks a computer for aircraft maintenance details in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Cruz serves aboard Ike as an aviation structural mechanic. Ike and its carrier strike group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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