ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Drew Jessup, from Colorado Springs, Col., fakes mooring line out on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its carrier strike group are underway participating in a sustainment exercise designed to maintain deployment readiness as part of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP).

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