190425-N-GK137-0080 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 2019) Capt. J. Patrick Thompson, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), delivers remarks during a ceremony concluding Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month on the mess decks in the Mediterranean Sea, April 25, 2019. John C. Stennis is underway in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jordan Ripley/Released)