Damage Controlman 1st Class Rudy Vargas, from Ontario, Calif., right, teaches Damage Controlman 2nd Class Jacob Lighten, from St. Louis, the job of the gas free engineer during a simulated class alpha fire aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.