190124-N-OM854-0372 INDIAN OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2019) Lt. Ashton Vaughan, from Blue Ridge, Texas, stands the arresting gear officer watch as an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 24, 2019. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Grant G. Grady/Released)