150601-N-VC236-018 ARABIAN GULF - Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class George Shannon, from Sand Springs, Okla., approaches a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Grandmasters of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46 to conduct preflight checks aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut. Farragut is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations as part of Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.