Aviation Boatswain's Mate AIRMAN (ABAN) Eldredge Chong gives a thumbs-up signal after a final check on an F-14 Tomcat aboard USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as AIRMAN (AN) Damon Pankey determines all the catapult settings. STENNIS is currently on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH the enforcement of the no fly zone over southern Iraq