120322-N-DR144-827 ARABIAN SEA (March 20, 2012) Lt. Douglas Kay, an aircraft launch and recovery equipment officer, signals while launching aircraft from the waist catapults on the flight deck 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)