120310-N-DR144-030 ARABIAN GULF (March 10, 2012) Emmy Award-winning Broadcast Journalist Dan Rather talks with Commander Carrier Strike Group 1 Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon while observing a transit of the Strait of Hormuz from the signal bridge aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). 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)