161021-N-QI061-220 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 21, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Cox, left, a Charlotte, Tenn., native, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Trantham, a Fairview, N.C., native, perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Fighting Swordsmen of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard)