U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Meagan Rowland, left, guides an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323 onto a catapult as Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Justin Chavez directs another aircraft, not pictured, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the South China Sea Nov. 23, 2013. The Nimitz was underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.