WATERS NEAR OKINAWA — Airman Jeff McClaire, of Winslow, moves ordnance in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).

George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.