Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Daniel Shirley, from Horseheads, N.Y., takes a fuel sample for a flash point, water and sediment test during a replenishment-at-sea between the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington and Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl. 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.