Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Thomas Spears monitors flight operation from a tow tractor as an aircraft lands on the flight deck during night flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.