ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 20, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Vashti Walters, from Tampa, Fla., speaks to family members on a phone aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). 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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