200508-N-QN452-1012 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 8, 2020) Rainbow side-boys render honors to Rear Adm. James A. Kirk on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting a Composite Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exercise designed to fully integrate units of the carrier strike group, while testing a strike group's ability as a whole to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James Victor Giovanni Hunt/Released)