180411-N-GX781-0148 NORFOLK (April 11, 2018) Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60) man the rails as the ship prepares to get underway for deployment as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk as part of Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. With CVN 75 as the flagship, deploying strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group EIGHT (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron TWO EIGHT (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing ONE (CVW-1); as well as Sachsen-class German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston/Released)