230717-N-PS818-1498 ATLANTIC OCEAN. (July 17, 2023) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Marquis Blancard, from Savannah, Georgia, signals to an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet, attached to the "Gunslingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The IKE Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean participating in the Carrier Strike Group Four Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak/Released)
Date Taken: | 07.17.2023 |
Date Posted: | 07.23.2023 17:25 |
Photo ID: | 7928001 |
VIRIN: | 230717-N-PS818-1498 |
Resolution: | 3648x2432 |
Size: | 940.65 KB |
Location: | AT SEA |
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