120216-N-DR144-131 ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 16, 2012) Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Lloyd Eveland, left, and Seaman Michael Rodriguez, right, man an M240 machine gun on the bow of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship follows the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released).