French Military Chaplain, Father Amaury Cariot, right, presides over Catholic mass aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson 70. Father Cariot is currently aboard promoting goodwill between the American and French Navies. Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.