PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2017) Sailors prepare to mount an advance medium range air-to-air missile on an EA-18G Growler assigned to the Cougars of Electronic Attack Strike Squadron (VAQ) 139 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting a tailored ship’s training availability off the coast of California.

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