MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 25, 2021) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Kenneth Townsend, left, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, greets Gen. Stephen Townsend, Commander, United States Africa Command, 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.