150704-N-EH855-883 MOLUCCA SEA Aviation Ordnance Airman Taylor McQuinn, from Frankfort, Ind., signals the pilot of an MH-60R Seahawk from the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan.