NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Nov. 24, 2023) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Christian Garcia from Austin, Texas, fastens a rope to a bollard in the forecastle as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) departs Naval Air Station North Island, Nov. 24, 2023. Theodore Roosevelt, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is conducting integrated training exercises in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John A. Miller)