160601-N-YL073-158 NORFOLK, Va. (June 1, 2016) Sailors raise a rat guard aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) as the ship departs Naval Station Norfolk with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The ship is deploying as part of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP) and will conduct air strikes against ISIL in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation as well as the Great Green Fleet initiative. While deployed, CSG ships and aircraft will employ operational procedures and energy conservation measures in order to enhance operational capabilities, enabling strike group units to go farther, stay longer and deliver more firepower without having to refuel. The ships in the carrier strike group are USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69) with Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW- 3), the guided missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG-56) and USS Monterey (CG-61) and the guided missile destroyers USS Mason (DDG-87) and USS Nitze (DDG-94). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shamira Purifoy/Released)