5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 19, 2013) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Dominic Sharkey, from Pine Bluff, Ark., and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Sherod Payne, from Columbus, Ohio, clean the internal 20 mm M61A2 lightweight Gatling gun from an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Tophatters of strike fighter squadron (VFA) 14 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN) 74. John C. Stennis is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation


5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 19, 2013) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Dominic Sharkey, from Pine Bluff, Ark., and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Sherod Payne, from Columbus, Ohio, clean the internal 20 mm M61A2 lightweight Gatling gun from an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Tophatters of strike fighter squadron (VFA) 14 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN) 74. John C. Stennis is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Marco Villasana/Released) 130119-N-QI595-024 Join the conversation Sailors clean the gatling gun from an F-A-18E. (8407485429)


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