Airman David Jones, aviation ordnanceman, fires an M-14 rifle with an M87 line throwing adaptor to cast a line from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the guided-missile frigate USS Boone during a fuel replenishment at sea. George Washington is conducting carrier qualifications and flight deck certification before changing homeport to Yokosuka, Japan, where she will relieve the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk as the Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier.