101231-N-7981E-401 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 31, 2010)- Surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Kimberly Syres, assisted by Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Sajata Taylor, performs a laparoscopic appendectomy in the operating room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans / RELEASED)