Operations Specialist 2nd Class Lewis Baumgardner, from Oklahoma City, Okla., left, helps a child with the Asian Women's Welfare Association with his wheelchair during a community relations project hosted by the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.