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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 20, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Tyler Morehouse, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), directs an elevator carrying an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, attached to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, June 20, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and warfighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of CSG-10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, VAW 121, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Cabal)