ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Elleana Metivier, from Hinesville, Georgia, gives the signal to prepare a catapult for a "boot shot" aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Bush (CVN 77). The ship is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French navy to strengthen partnerships and deepen interoperability between the two nations' naval forces.

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