HAWKEYE — Sailors direct an E-2C Hawkeye, assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112, onto a steam-powered catapult prior to launch from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in support of coalition forces in Iraq and maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dusty Howell