160120-N-MY174-047 NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2016) - Sailors prepare to man the rails on USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) flight deck prior to pulling away from San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment. Providing a combat-ready force to protect collective maritime interests, Stennis as part of the great green fleet is operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations on a Western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian / Released)