150310-N-EC444-093 ATLANTIC OCEAN James Conner, a civil service mariner aboard the Military Sealift Command's joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead, paints steps leading to the ship’s flight deck March 10, 2015. Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station.