160908-N-IE397-014 ARABIAN GULF (Sept. 8, 2016) Sailors take the Navy-wide E-5 advancement exam on the mess decks of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and it’s 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 Communications Specialist Seaman Christopher A. Michaels)