ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 31, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), center, transits the Atlantic Ocean with ships from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and the Italian navy during the Carrier Strike Group 4 composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley)