150317-N-VC236-011 ATLANTIC OCEAN - Lt. Brian Stong, from Long Island, N.Y., center, and Lt. j.g. Leighton Pleasants, from Stuart, Fla., perform preflight checks on a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46 "Grandmasters" aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut. Farragut, homeported in Mayport, Fla., is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.