Seaman Saida Chavez, from Bakersfield, Calif., stands watch on the fantail aboard the aircraft carrier KABUL, Afghanistan. An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today. It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.