Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Layton Prado, from Dallas, waits for a signal after using a holdback bar to couple an EA-18G Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, to a steam-powered catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 28, 2019. The John C. Stennis is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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