ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 08, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Robert Vitolo, from Tuscon, Ariz., directs an E-2C Hawkeye from the Golden Hawks of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 112 aboard 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.

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