160115-N-JY507-054 BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 15, 2016) Cmdr. Ed Pidgeon, supply officer of USS John C Stennis (CVN 74), from Jermyn, Pa., embraces his family for the last time on the pier before beginning a deployment. Stennis departed her homeport of Bremerton, Wash., for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Seth Coulter/Released)