170527-N-MS174-003 NEW YORK (May 27, 2017) Lt. Eric Bontrager, a public affairs officer assigned to Fleet Forces Command, shows Fox News host Harris Faulkner a whale wheel at the Navy’s “Stewards of the Sea: Defending Freedom, Protecting the Environment” exhibit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during Fleet Week New York. The whale wheel is a tool used by Navy lookouts aboard ships to help them identify whales by describing features, sizes, and location information for the species. ( Navy photo by Bobbie A. Camp/Released)

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