MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 25, 2021) Gen. Stephen Townsend, Commander, United States Africa Command, observes flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in the Mediterranean Sea, March 25, 2021. The IKE Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Hilgendorf)