150519-N-YD641-029 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Christopher Foote, from Hamilton, N.J., performs preventative maintenance to a hydraulic purifier in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan.