150309-N-BD333-069 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 9, 2015) –

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 9, 2015) – Gas Turbine System's (mechanical) 3rd Class Christopher Hernandez embraces his family one last time before embarking on the Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) for deployment.Churchill is part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), which is composed of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), and the guided-missile destroyers USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Farragut (DDG 90). TRCSG will conduct operations in the U.S. Navy’s 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bounome Chanphouang).