150303-N-TP834-675 ARABIAN GULF (March 3, 2015) An F/A-18C Super Hornet from the Fighting Stringers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 launches from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently deployed to the area supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet Area of Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)