150531-N-TP834-030 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 31, 2015) Capt. Karl Thomas, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), welcomes tiger cruise participants in the ship’s hangar bay. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations returning to homeport after a Middle East and western Pacific deployment (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)