USS George Washington conducts fueling-at-sea in Pacific Ocean

Gunner’s Mate Seaman Emily Nutt, from Pensacola, Florida, assigned to weapons department’s armory division, fires a shot line on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) before a fueling-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command-chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader while underway in the Pacific Ocean, May 28, 2025. The George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Geoffrey L. Ottinger)