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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 16, 2020) Rear Adm. Yvette Davids, commander of Carrier Strike Group 11, and RDML. Jim Kirk, the prospective commander of CSG-11, salute during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting a composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exercise designed to fully integrate units of the carrier strike group, while testing a strike group’s ability as a whole to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sarah Christoph/Released)