PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 26, 2021) A Sailor directs an EA-18G Growler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136, from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in support of joint interoperability flights between the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG-21), Aug. 26, 2021. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a rotational deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation to enhance interoperability with allies and partners to serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Isaiah Williams)