A sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 waits to be picked up by helicopter after a nighttime fast-roping exercise on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Mobile Bay is deployed with the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Armando Gonzales)