Petty Officer 1st Class Reed Gonzales, quartermaster, assigned to the navigation department, uses flashing light to communicate with ships assigned to Carrier Strike Group 1 from the signal bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a simulated straits transit. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a three-week composite training unit exercise to be followed by a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.
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<dd>DVIDS Tags: Pacific Ocean; Bunker Hill; U.S. Navy photo; Sailor; Gary; Stockdale; Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group; transiting exercise; straits transit; COMPUEX; Rentz; flashing light</dd></dl>
Petty Officer 2nd Class James Evans
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