161212-N-JH929-140 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 12, 2016) Sailors and Marines begin to board an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, from the Eightballers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations in preparation for an upcoming 2017 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Cole Schroeder/Released)