ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 20, 2016) Petty Officer Second Class Stuart Kaestner, from Louisville, Ky., conducts maintenance on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Swamp Foxes of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Kaestner serves aboard Ike as an aviation structural mechanic. Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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