150427-N-GZ947-088 PACIFIC OCEAN - Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Sean Wilde, from Duchesne, Utah, inspects an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter aboard USS Freedom. U.S. Navy ships are underway conducting an Independent Deployer Certification Exercise in the Southern California Operating Area. The exercise provides a multi-ship environment to train and certify independent deployers in surface warfare, air defense, maritime interception operations, command and control/information warfare, command, control, computers and combat systems intelligence and mine warfare.