A U.S. Navy sailor directs an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft up to the catapult.
A U.S. Navy sailor directs an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 up to the catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the North Arabian Sea on March 22, 2010. The Eisenhower is on a six-month deployment as a part of the ongoing rotation of forward-deployed forces.