Preparing for aircraft launch off of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Erskine guides a C2-A Greyhound assigned to the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 onto the catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) on October 4, 2016. Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Photo by Nathan T. Beard/U.S. Navy/UPI