170105-N-BK384-001 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 5, 2017) Friends and family watch as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is departing on a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific where it will conduct bilateral exercises in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Schoenberger/Released)