Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Damien Democay, from Tampa, Fla., loads passive sonar buoys into an HM-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 aboard the aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett. Sterett is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 17, are on deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations supporting Valiant Shield. Valiant Shield is a U.S.–only biennial exercise in which participation will focus on the integration of joint training among U.S. forces.