190514-N-GW654-1068 GULF OF ALASKA (May 14, 2019) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) stand next to an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 before beginning flight operations while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises in 2019 that prepares joint forces to respond to crisis in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Olympia O. McCoy/Released)