Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcus McElroy, from Houma, La., performs maintenance on the stub wing panel of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Stub wing panels are extended pylons used to hold Hellfire missiles. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.