ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2015) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) color guard stands at attention during a burial-at-sea for retired Marine Lt. Col. Walter H. Shauer Jr. Theodore Roosevelt is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise, which tests the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group's ability to effectively react to real-world scenarios and perform as an integrated unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alex Millar/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2015) The ceremonial honor guard aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) fires three vollies during a burial-at-sea for retired Marine Lt. Col. Walter H. Shauer Jr. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony N. Hilkowski/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2015) Legalman 1st Class Elsa Weller, from Santa Pala, Calif. commits her grandfather, retired Marine Lt. Col. Walter H. Shauer Jr., to the sea during a burial-at-sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alex Millar/Released)
ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 4, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Fighting Redcocks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 load a Mk 82/Blu 111 500 pound bomb on an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli/Released)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2015) An F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the Checkmates of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 211 moves into position to be launched from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise, which tests the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group's ability to effectively react to real-world scenarios and perform as an integrated unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony N. Hilkowski/Released)