200213-N-PI330-0042 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Sofia Martinez-Portillo, from Dallas, directs the pilots of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter to spin the rotors on the flight deck aboard 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)