Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Alex Baldono, air department's V-2 division aircraft launch and recovery equipment quality assurance supervisor aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington gives a safety brief to Sailors before an emergency barricade drill on the ship's flight deck. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.