150617-N-VC236-001 ARABIAN GULF - Lt. Brian Stong, from Long Island, New York, stands watch in the pilot house aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut. Farragut is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations as part of Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.