200208-N-PI330-0184 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 8, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Cristian Martinez, left from Manaheim, California, and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Sofia Martinez-Portillo, from Dallas, signal an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to take off on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72). Vella Gulf is conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Waters/Released)