Lt. Cmdr. Tara Refo, assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, talks with Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, commander of Carrier Strike Group 1, as they perform pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye before a flight aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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Lt. Cmdr. Tara Refo, assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, talks with Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon, commander of Carrier Strike Group 1, as they perform pre-flight checks on an E-2C Hawkeye before a flight aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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