5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 22, 2013) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Robert Vitolo, from Tuscan, Ariz., directs an aircraft on the flight deck of 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.

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