U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Jesse Marquez, from Miami, (center) poses for a photograph as the “Sailor of the Day” with Capt. Randy Peck, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), (right) and Command Master Chief Benjamin Rushing in the Arabian Gulf on Jan. 5. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jarrod A. Schad)
