190227-N-HS117-1026 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 27, 2018) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Brandon Swindler, top, from Fort Collins, Colorado, hands sand paper to Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Zachariah James, from Tulare, California, while sanding an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the South China Sea, Feb. 27, 2019. The John C. Stennis is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffery L. Southerland/Released)