Hampton native inspects a fighter jet on the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt

SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 27, 2024) – U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Caidyn Nolan, from Hampton, Va., inspects an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Blue Blasters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), March 27, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.