160802-N-WC455-002 ARABIAN GULF (August 2, 2016) - Electrician's Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Courtney Kurch, front, from Colorado Springs, Colo., and Electronics Technician (Nuclear) 3rd Class Daniel Murdoch, from Everett, Pa., study in a passageway outside a reactor space aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) for a monthly exam. Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Murray/Released)