U.S. Navy Airman Apprentice Herbert Counts, an aircraft captain, performs routine maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) underway in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 6, 2009. The ship, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. The aircraft is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 27.