Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Ian Ferguson, from Bend, Ore., uses a telescopic alidade to shoot a bearing of a close contact on the signal bridge of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington as the ship departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.