200529-N-MQ631-0195 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2020) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Andrew Loiselle, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, watches as an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean, May 29, 2020. The flight operations were part of a U.S. Northern Command-led, large-scale homeland defense exercise. U.S. Northern Command's top priority is homeland defense, and leading complex multi-combatant command operations across multiple domains demonstrates USNORTHCOM’s readiness to defend the homeland regardless of COVID-19. The high-end homeland defense exercises are being executed by the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Higgins/Released)