Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut

Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) prepare to lower a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat during a man overboard drill, June 21. Farragut departed Mayport on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. Farragut deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, which includes CSG 8, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG 99), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), as well as the seven squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Destroyer Squadron Two Eight. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class A.J. Jones)