Navy Lt. Dan Mitzner, right, discusses combat direction center operations with Cmdr. Ajay Daniel Theophilus, center, and Lt. Cmdr. Madhavdas Ravikant, left, of the Indian navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Indian Ocean, April 10, 2012. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 participated in exercise Malabar 2012 with ships and aircraft from the Indian navy. Malabar is a field training exercise conducted with the Indian navy to advance multinational maritime relationships and mutual security issues.