150605-N-EH855-166 WATERS NEAR GUAM Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Nathan Kidd, from Thousand Oaks, Calif., signals the pilot of an EA-18G Growler from the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack Squadron 141 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan.